According to Mexico's Ministry of Tourism, 2.6 million travelers arrived in the country aboard cruise ships between January and May 2022. The main ports of arrival were Cozumel and Mahuahual, Quintana Roo; Ensenada, Baja California; Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur; Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
According to new data from Allied Market Research, global tequila sales are set to grow exponentially over the next decade, from almost $13 billion USD in 2021 to more than $24 billion by 2031. Unsurprisingly, North America is expected to be the biggest market.
In a video published on social media, President López Obrador, accompanied by the governors of Colima and Jalisco, announced that the Colima-Guadalajara highway will be inaugurated at the end of this year. The president said that this will represent a considerable saving of time for travelers.
Remittances to Mexico totaled $27.56 billion USD in the first half of 2022, representing a 16.6% increase over the $23.65 billion sent during the same period of 2021, according to figures released Monday by Banxico. This figure represents a new record for the January to June period.
International tourism in Mexico has finally surpassed pre-pandemic levels, after 10.26 million visitors came to the country in the first half of 2022, Mexico’s Tourism Department reported Friday. International arrivals from January to June 2022 were up 1.5% from the 10.11 million tourists who arrived in Mexico in the first half of 2019.
These days, when most Americans think of the US-Mexico border, it’s in the context of illegal smuggling and immigration. In reality, that barely scratches the surface of cross-border activity. Nearly $1 million of bilateral trade takes place across the US-Mexico border every minute. That’s roughly $1.8 billion per day.
During his Tuesday morning press conference, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced a series of investments with private and public resources that are being made in the State of Nayarit and the city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said last week that he was confident inflation control measures taken by his administration will slow down rising prices in the country. The Mexican government's main inflation strategy has been to contain the rise in prices by subsidizing fuel prices and capping the cost of certain foods.
The fast-fashion online clothing seller Shein has dropped an embroidered floral blouse after the Mexican government complained it appropriated designs made for generations by Mayan women on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. 'These designs are product of the collective creativity that belongs to the Maya people,' Mexico’s Culture Department said.
Intentional homicides in Mexico fell to 15,400 in the first half of 2022, down 9.1 percent from the 16,948 homicides reported over the same six-month period of last year, the government said Wednesday. Gender-related killings, or femicides, fell 8.02 percent to 493 for the six-month period.
