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The president of Enrique Pena Nieto celebrated on Tuesday the result of the report of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) that positioned Mexico as the eighth most visited country in the world by receiving 35 million international tourists in 2016. According to this report, Mexico rose one position in the …

According to the Tourism Promotion Council (CPT), Mexico has a variety of convention and exhibition centers, with spaces ranging from 13,000 to 960,000 square feet in more than 56 destinations, including major cities, beaches and colonial cities. The total value of meetings in our country -which include conventions and corporate …

The study, “Big Data and Tourism”, has been developed by BBVA Data & Analytics – BBVA’s data analysis center of excellence – and will help Mexican authorities to strengthen the design of public policies to boost the orderly growth of tourism activity in Mexico, which represents 8.7% of GDP. In …

The tourist activity in the country has consolidated as an important engine for the Mexican economy and as one of the main sources of foreign exchange for our country. With a participation of 8.5% in the national GDP, the potential offered by tourism to Mexico is enormous, since it is …

Mexico, Iceland and Cyprus experienced significant increases in tourism revenues in 2016, according to a new report from the World Council on Tourism and Travel (WCTA). But the biggest surprise of the report is not in these data, but in the fact that Azerbaijan, a country that suffered the fall …

Tourism is one of the main needs of different nations, since it generates income, jobs, visibility and other factors that multiply and accelerate a country’s economy. Mexico, has great destinations that can be exploited even better than they already do to accelerate the economy. The importance and relevance of tourism …

With the aim of expanding its tourism sector, Bolivia is exploring in Europe the keys to increase the number of people visiting the Andean country, recently awarded as “Best Cultural Destination in South America 2017” and candidate to receive the same award worldwide in December. “We have new challenges. We …

The renowned UK travel association Lata promotes a range of different tourist destinations on its website and this time included Bolivia in its summer offer with the slogan “Bolivia will take your breath away”. In its campaign to get to know Bolivia, the agency urges the traveler to follow in …

When reviewing international tourism statistics and trends, it is interesting to see that in the last year worldwide tourism grew by 7%, generating more than 1,326 million international tourist arrivals and revenues of 1,340 billion dollars, representing 10% of world GDP (UNWTO data), in addition to their respective positive economic …

Bolivia experienced significant growth with a multiplier effect on the generation of jobs throughout the chain of industry without chimneys, and is an important driver of its economy. According to the Bolivian Minister of Cultures and Tourism, Wilma Alanoca, tourism in Bolivia has become one of the main sources of …