US tourism to Mexico increases

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US tourism to Mexico increases

BY LILLIAN REYES

The News

MEXICO CITY – The air travel tourism market stemming from the United States increased 13.3 percent, registering 5,162,534 tourists from January to August this year, in comparison to the same period last year.

The General Director of the Mexican Tourist Promotion Council Rodolfo López Negrete said that based on the information from the Comprehensive System of Migratory Operation (SIOM) from the Migratory Policy Unit of the Interior Secretariat (Segob), the majority of the nation’s tourism markets have increased.

As part of the Third Ordinary Session of the CPTM Governing Board, López Negrete said that other important growing markets were in Europe. The United Kingdom grew 9 percent with 302,950 tourists; Spain by 9.6 percent with 212,104 tourists; Germany by 11.6 percent with 132,191 tourists and Italy by 11.1 percent with 116,831 tourists.

He also said that growth in the Latin American market was evident in Colombia with a 24.4 percent increase (201,406 tourists) and also in Brazil, registering a 9.2 percent increase and 197,613 tourists. Asia also maintained good market growth with a 26.1 percent increase (46,844 tourists).

Before the members of the CPTM governing body, López Negrete said that during the first half of 2014, tourism from the United States grew 7.8 percent, but from this total, the number of tourists traveling to Mexico increased by 14.1 percent, which represents almost double the normal outbound tourism rate from the United States, according to a report by the United States Department of Commerce.

The previous number implies that Mexico’s market participation increased from 17 percent in the first half of 2013 to 18 percent in the first half of 2014.