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With the addition of the new cities, Mexico now boasts a total of 177 Magic Towns
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National Tourism Fair Opens in Mexico City
This is the first time that the Tianguis, which traditionally has been held in the Pacific resort town of Acapulco, is being held in the capital
Read moreMexico City to Host National Tourism Festival
An estimated 15,000 vendors and wholesalers are expected to attend the trade show
Read moreInternational Tourism to Mexico Up 39.5 Percent in 2022
XINHUA Nearly 20.6 million international tourists arrived in Mexico by air in 2022, up 46.3 percent from the previous year, the Tourism Secretariat announced on Sunday, Jan. 29. Most of these international tourists came from the United States, Canada and Colombia, collectively representing 15.6 million in total visitors, an increase of 39.5 percent compared to 2021, according to official figures.
Read moreMexico Launches Tourism Tianguis as Covid Fears Begin to Fade
XINHUA Mexico on Sunday, May 22, inaugurated its annual Tianguis Turistico fair, an event to promote national and international tourism products and services, in Acapulco, Guerrero, as tourism companies around the world strive to recover from the covid-19 pandemic. Mexican Interior Secretary Adan Augusto López and Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco cut the ribbon at the opening of the 46th annual
Read moreMexico’s International Tourism Was up 28 Percent in 2021
XINHUA Mexico welcomed 31 million international tourists in 2021, representing an increase of 28.1 percent compared to the comparable number for 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the Tourism Secretariat. In a statement on Friday, Dec. 31, Mexican Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco said that the country’s tourism sector is undergoing a “strong recovery,” after noting that 24.2 million international travelers
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A War of Leaks Ever since the 63-page script containing the accusations the former director of the state-run oil interest Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Emilio Lozoya Austin, made against a numerous set of former public officials, a small war of leaks has been taking place in Mexican politics. First Lozoya directly accused former Mexican Presidents Felipe Calderón, Enrique
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By RICARDO CASTILLO First USMCA Investment The Canadian firm Bombardier Recreational Products (BPR) announced on Thursday, July 2, the construction of a plant in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, which will build four-wheel-drive vehicles, making it the first investment of the new era of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The announcement was made in Mexico by the Economy Secretariat, claiming that the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Coverage Stops Peso, Oil Skids The Mexican government took several emergency measures to contain the downslide of the peso against the U.S. dollar over the weekend. The peso that got wobbled with a jaw punch but did not hit the canvas. It just showed shaky knees. Both the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) and the Treasury Secretariat
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By RICARDO CASTILLO 2020 News Forecasts An old adage used to say that someday news would travel so fast that we would know the facts about a news item even before it happened. I’ve got news for you; that’s no longer an adage. Hence, here’s a vague glimpse of the shape of news to come in Mexico during 2020, which
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