Monday, 03 February 2014 00:10
THE NEWS
The number of international tourists who arrived in Mexico by air
grew by 9 percent last year, reaching almost 12 million visitors, the
Tourism Secretariat (Sectur) reported on Sunday.
In a press release, Sectur said that, according to figures released
by the National Migration Institute’s (INM) Comprehensive Migration
Operation System, the number of air travelers arriving in Mexico in 2013
was significantly larger than in 2012.
Between January and December 2013, 11,774,000 visitors arrived in
Mexico by air, an increase of 9 percent on 2012, when only 10,804,000
visitors arrived by air, the press release said.
It went on to say that, specifically in Dec. 2013, the growth in the
number of travelers was 7.8 percent on the same month in 2012.
According to Sectur, the United States continues to be Mexico’s
biggest foreign tourist market, with almost 6.5 million U.S. visitors
arriving in Mexico by air in 2013.
The press release said that some countries showed large increases in
the number of their citizens visiting Mexico, but that the total number
of tourists from these countries nevertheless remains relatively low
when compared to other markets — such as Colombia, which saw a 60.4
percent increase in number of visitors; Russia, with a 39.9 percent
increase; Peru, with 39 percent; China, 26.6 percent; South Korea, 24.4
percent; Sweden, 17.1 percent; the United Kingdom, 14 percent and Japan
with a 13.5 percent increase.
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