BY ROCÍO ZAYAS
The News
Tourism Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu began a three-day visit to the International Tourism Fair in Madrid on Monday, where she told Spanish businessmen that tourism is an important pillar for the transformation of Mexico, adding that the country is open to investment and the business opportunities that it brings with it.
According to Ruiz Massieu, tourism in Mexico is growing in a sustained manner and is positioning itself as an important catalyst of economic development for the country.
Tourism, she said, “is strategic for the Mexican government, because we are convinced that it promotes, like no other sector, the dynamic growth of the economy, the creation of quality and will doubtlessly be a fundamental element for meeting the stated goal of transforming the country.”
Ruiz Massieu said that the positive trends seen in Mexico’s principal tourism indicators confirm that the federal government’s new vision is providing results and putting the industry on the right path.
As of Nov. 2013, Mexico’s tourism sector saw an 8-percent increase in profits on the same period in the previous year, and though the final numbers for 2013 are not yet in, it’s expected that they will reach $13.8 billion — an unprecedented number in the history of Mexico’s tourism industry.
Ruiz Massieu went on to say that tourism can become a key tool for expanding communication channels with other countries such as Spain.
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