Perhaps we should pay more attention to this. We should expect (demand) more cooperation from the Mexican Government in managing the illegal immigrant problems. It would further cripple their economy if there was a boycott on tourism, to especially include cruises. After all our government has used it to punish Cuba.



(This article was apparently written in Feb 2005.)

Mexico Tourism Industry 2005 forecast is $10 billion. 70% percent of visitors come from the USA, the Mexico tourism board says. Visitors come for the sand, surf, shopping and the Mayan ruins. Too many, it's home. The Mexican Population Council says 8.9 million Mexicans and 14.4 million Americans of Mexican origin live in the USA, together making up 8% of the U.S. population. Mexico is home to the world's seventh-largest hotel industry. 10,400 hotels, or 430,000 rooms Mexico Tourism Investment - According to statistics recently released by Mexico’s Tourism Secretariat (Sectur), Mexico’s tourism industry attracted more than US$2.29 billion in new investments last year, representing a 38.5 percent increase over the previous year’s figures.

The Pacific coast state of Guerrero attracted the most investment monies, amounting to US$429.9 million, with the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo close behind at US $427.6 million and the Pacific coast state of Nayarit in third place at slightly more than US$291 million. More than 75 percent of these investments came from Mexican investors, with the remaining from international investors. Mexico currently has 305 projects under construction or renovation. Sectur projects that by 2006, Mexico will have attracted US$9 billion in new tourism investments. http://www.mexico.us/business.htm