2011 years of Tourism Said President of Mexico

2011, Tourism: Calderón
Economy - Tuesday, January 25, 2011 (13:27 hrs)

•The president announced several measures to boost the sector

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The online Financial

Mexico, January 25 .- President Felipe Calderón declared that 2011 is the year of tourism, and announced various measures to boost the sector.

Inaugurating the National Tourism Convention, the president reported that tourist spots travel to foreign journalists to put Mexico on the world's screens.

Thus began the work of the Convention Center of the National Tourism Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco-SERVYTUR) in Mexico City. The opening ceremony was led by Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, the president of the confederation, Jorge Davila, Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara.

As part of the meeting Calderón Hinojosa signed a decree which ordered that 2011 is the Year of Tourism in Mexico and which said it is intended that the activities of government agencies to take into consideration the tourism industry.

Reported that this year the budget for tourism is higher by nearly 200 percent registered in 2006, adding more than four billion dollars, plus he said, he planned activities that benefit the sector as the organization of the next Summit Adventure Travel in Chiapas and the second Cultural Tourism Fair of Morelia.

He also commented that during the six years in charge have spent almost six billion pesos in infrastructure related to this sector and this year will continue to work for the opening of the new region designated by Teacapan in Sinaloa.

On the other hand, Jorge Davila stressed the importance of the industry without smokestacks in our country, as he said, generates 2.5 million direct jobs and nearly five million indirectly. He stressed that the revenue generated by the activities of this sector last year generated 11 thousand 900 million dollars in Mexico.

He also said that this segment that generates about 9 percent of GDP in 2010 showed signs of recovery by reporting a rise of over 6 percent in foreign exchange earnings and 10.4 percent in the number of tourists, while was an increase of 16.2 percent in the arrival of international air travelers.

On the other hand, argued that among the actions taken by the Confederation to promote tourism is launching the second part of the campaign "speaks well of Mexico." Further commented that the agreement was supported and promoted National Tourism Modernization program, through which it has provided bench to three thousand companies.

Finally, explained that during the convention will share experiences to improve understanding of the sector to promote it. He noted that members of the confederation total more than 650 000 companies grouped in 254 cameras. Together these generate 50.3 percent of national GDP and 53 percent of the jobs registered with the IMSS. (With information from agencies / Diana Briseño / MCH)