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Mexico Regains Its Place in ‘Top 10 World Travel Destinations’

Banxico data has confirmed that in 2014 Mexico welcomed over 29 million foreign tourists, moving Mexico’s international ranking from 15 to 10 in top worldwide tourist destinations.

Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Guadalajara, and Mexico City rank among the country’s top recipients of the foreign tourism increase, along with Baja California.

Mexico’s central bank estimates 2014 tourism impacted Mexico’s economy with $16.3 billion dollars, compared to 2009, one of Mexico’s worst tourism years on record with $11.5 billion, a decrease of 13% from the previous year.

Tourism in Mexico is a very large industry. Mexico . . .

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