Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico’s Foriegn Tourism Increases in the First Quarter

Mexico welcomed 3.7 million foreign tourists in the first quarter, a figure that was up 10.1 percent from the same period in 2013, the Tourism Secretariat said.

Some 3.4 million foreign visitors arrived in Mexico during the January-March 2013 period, the secretariat said, citing National Migration Institute, or INM, figures.

The number of tourists from the United States rose from 1.8 million in the first quarter of 2013 to 2 million during the January-March 2014 period, marking an increase of 12.3 percent.

Canada accounted for 765,700 visitors in the first quarter, up . . .

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