The tourism
is one of the more important and dynamic economic sectors in the
present
world, as much by its level of investment, participation in the
use, currency contribution, like by the contribution to the regional
development. It contributes around 11% of the world-wide production
and generates one of each eleven uses. Esteem that in next the
20 years 1,6 million tourists will travel by the world who will
leave a special tax economic of two million million dollars.
The importance
of the tourism for the Mexican economy is doubtless, their benefits
are not only reflected in being an industry that generates uses
and detonator of the regional development, but that in addition
is cultural and natural attractive factor of diffusion of.
Attractive
Mexico offers an extensive variety of tourist: the inheritance
of Hispanic civilizations and the development of archaeological
sites like symbols of national identity, the incomparable beauty
of its beaches, the encounter of the vestiges of conjugated millenarian
cultures with great large cities, extensive natural areas with
historical elements that make it only in the world, as well as
a tourist infrastructure of international vanguard.
The sector
tourism contributes more of 8% of the Internal Product Gross
National
and contributes with more of 9% of the direct and indirect uses.
Also, during year 2000 20,6 million international visitors attracted,
excluding the hikers, who left a special tax of 8,3 billion dollars,
locating the tourism as the third generating currency activity,
after petroleum and the manufactures.
At world-wide
level, Mexico occupies 7th place in pick up of international tourists
and 11th in currency pick up.