Mexico Tourism Produces Attractive Results
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| | In this handout photo released by the Miss Universe 2007 organization on Saturday, May 12, 2007, contestants, from left, Naemi Elizabeth Monte, Miss Curacao 2007, Viktoria Azovskaja, Miss Estonia 2007, Agni Kuswardono, Miss Indonesia 2007; Xiomara Blandino, Miss Nicaragua 2007; Uma Blasini, Miss Puerto Rico 2007; Puja Gupta, Miss India 2007; Tatiana Kotova, Miss Russia 2007; Ningning Zhang, Miss China 2007; Christa Rigozzi, Miss Switzerland 2007; Rachel Legrain-Trapani, Miss France 2007; Lucie Hadasova, Miss Czech Republic 2007, and Angelina Glass, Miss Germany 2007, tape a segment for the 2007 Miss Universe competition in Cancun, Mexico, on Friday, May 11, 2007. They will compete for the title of Miss Universe 2007 during the 56th annual Miss Universe competition on May 28 from Mexico City.(AP/Patrick Prather) |
Mexico's tourist board has announced that revenue from international tourism has reached a spectacular $3.758 billion for the first quarter of 2007 - an increase of 14.6 per cent compared to the same time last year.
Tourism arrivals from January to March also increased by 8.3 per cent, taking the number of international visitor to 3.6 million by March.
Cruise ships in particular brought the tourists to Mexican shores, with 78,000 more cruising tourists than in the first quarter of 2006.
The increase in popularity should be boosted next month when Mexico City plays host to the 2007 Miss Universe contest at the capital's state-of-the-art National Auditorium.
As part of the show, contestants will showcase tourism locales in Mexico such as the colonial cities and of the south-eastern state of Chiapas and the magnificent beaches of Cancun.
The latest optimism in the Mexican tourist market is also boosted by news that Chichen-Itza is one of 21 sites shortlisted to be officially named as the next 'World Wonder' by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation.
Already declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998, Chichen-Itza is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in Mexico, having formerly been one of the greatest Mayan centres of the Yucatan peninsula. |
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Business News | May 2007 
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