Hoping for a good year

Mexico hopes to see 22.6 million tourists from abroad come into the country this year. The figure, according to the Tourism Ministry, would be similar to 2008. Numbers for 2009 were dismal. By next year, according to the National Development Plan prepared in 2007, the country should be playing host to 28 million foreign visitors. The total includes cruise ship passengers and border crossers as well as those who arrive planning to stay for a weekend, a week or even more. Business travel was down to 97,000 during the first quarter, compared to 144,000 the year before.

By Jimm Budd