By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After nearly two years of lockdowns and covid-19 social-distancing restrictions, Mexico is ready to reopen its doors to national and international travel wholesalers in its 45th annual Tourism Tiangüis next month in the southeastern state of Yucatán, federal Tourism (Sectur) Secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués announced last week. And this year, Latin America’s most important travel wholesale market
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s usually-robust tourism industry suffered brutal losses in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reaching its lowest level since World War II, and now experts are warning that 2021 could fare even worse for Mexico’s tourism than its predecessor. Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) revealed in a report there was a 46 percent drop
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The new travel rules imposed by the U.S. government for persons entering that country from abroad — which include proof of having had a negative antigen covid test within 72 hours of arrival and subsequent quarantine for up to 10 days — have set off major alarm bells for Mexico’s already-moribund tourism industry. In
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By KELIN DILLON The Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur) revealed that there was a 44 percent drop in foreign tourism to Mexico during 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Projections from Sectur indicated this year will end with 25 million tourists having entered Mexico. This figure stands in stark contrast to the 45 million foreigners who vacationed in Mexico during
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi is slated to headline the Freixenet vendimia (grape harvest festival) in the northern central Mexican state of Querétaro on Friday, Aug. 2. Trevi, often referred to as the “Mexican Madonna,” will be performing during the first night of the three-day vendimia. The festival, which is organized each year at Freixemet Mexico’s Finca
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