The Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqués, reported that, based on the Foreign Direct Investment Records of the Ministry of Economy; From 2019 to the second quarter of 2024, Foreign Direct Investment in Tourism (FDI) registered 13,207.3 million dollars, that is, 122% more than what was raised from 2013 to the second quarter of 2018.
The head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) said that, in the first half of 2024, the FDI registered 1,373.9 million dollars, which is equivalent to 4.4% of the Foreign Direct Investment raised in the country, which was 31,096.3 million dollars, and exceeds the 1,242.9 million dollars raised in all of 2019, the year prior to the pandemic.
He specified that, during the second quarter of 2024, Foreign Direct Investment in Tourism reached 820.2 million dollars, which is equivalent to 16.1% of the Foreign Direct Investment captured in the country, and exceeds the 375.4 million dollars that were registered in the second quarter of 2019.
In the second quarter of 2024, the FDI in hotels with other integrated services stands out with 752.7 million dollars, that is, 91.8% of the total, and the area of furnished apartments and houses with hotel services with 65 million dollars, a share of 7.9%, and together they represent 99.7% of the total FDI.
Torruco Marqués reported that during the April-June 2024 period, the countries that registered the largest flow of IEDT were: Spain with 634 million dollars, representing 77.3% of the total; the United States with 117.4 million dollars, equivalent to 14.3% of the total; the Netherlands with 29.2 million dollars, or 3.6% of the total; and Canada with 27.1 million dollars, or 3.3%.
He noted that the entities that captured the largest flow of IEDT during the second quarter of 2024 were: Quintana Roo, with 346.7 million dollars, or 42.3% of the total; Baja California Sur, with 161.5 million dollars, representing 19.7% of the total; Baja California, with 148.2 million dollars, equivalent to 18.1% of the total; Nayarit, with 117 million dollars, which means 14.3% of the total; and Sinaloa with 65.6 million dollars, that is, 8% of the total.
The Secretary of Tourism also highlighted that public and foreign direct investment in support of tourism infrastructure from 2019 to the second quarter of 2024 was 46,368.3 million dollars, the highest in the last 60 years.
This reflects Mexico’s confidence in investors and entrepreneurs; as well as the commitment of the Government of Mexico to promote the diversification of tourism activity in the country’s 279 tourist destinations, which allows the benefits of the sector to reach the local population.
Mexico has one of the New 7 Wonders of the World
Chichén Itzá, the most famous temple in the Mayan city, was the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization. Its varied structures (the Pyramid of Kukulkan, the Temple of the Warriors, the Thousand Columns, the Great Ball Court) can still be seen today as demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to architectural space and composition.
The pyramid itself is the last, and possibly the most important, of all the Mayan temples. And in 2007 this magical space was chosen as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.