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.