Mexican Tourism Revenue at $3.25 Bln Q1 2006
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| | A man rides past newly-built homes - part of national housing boom - on the outskirts of Mexico City in Ixtapaluca, Mexico, Wednesday, May 31, 2006. A housing explosion has fed the highest economic growth rate in nearly six years in Mexico, a factor that may help ruling party presidential candidate Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) just before the July 2 elections. (AP/Gregory Bull) |
Mexican revenue from tourism totalled $3.25 bln (2.55 bln euro) in the first quarter of 2006, down 5.49 pct year-on-year, figures of the central bank, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), showed on May 31, 2006.
The tourism revenue of Mexico has been constantly decreasing in the last six months since the country was hit by the hurricane Wilma in October 2005.
A total 5.52 million foreign tourists visited Mexico in the first quarter of 2006, down 4.01 pct year-on-year.
Mexico posted a record-high $11.795 bln (9.24 bln euro) international tourism revenue for 2005, up 9.7 pct year-on-year, the Latin America News Digest said on February 20, 2006. Mexico attracted 22 million foreign tourists in 2005, a 6.5 pct increase. |
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