México’s Ministry of Tourism told reporters that based upon information obtained from the Bank of México during the first nine months of this year international tourists spent $12.37 billion during their stay in the country; up 17.4 percent over the same period in 2013.
With these expenditures, the Ministry of Tourism said that for the year 2015 México will probably break the 2013 expenditures by international tourists, which was $13.8 billion.
The 21.1 million international tourists who have visited the country this year exceeds last year’s number for the same period by 3.2 million, or an increase of 18.2 percent. For the year 2013 México saw a total of 23.7 international tourists.
International tourists arriving by air is up 1.4 percent for the January to September period, while those arriving by ground were up 30.5 percent.
(from El Sol de Mazatlán)
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