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Mexico is the second most visited by Russian tourists country in Latin America

08:07, 21 марта 2011

In 2010 Mexico was visited by 30 thousand Russian tourists (according to Rosstat – 10.4 thousand) that is twice more than in 2009. In 2008 there were 12.5 thousand Russian tourists in Mexico and in 2007 – only 1.4 thousand. The Embassy of Mexico in Russia forecasts that in 2011 they will issue more than 20 thousand visas and more than 50 thousand Russian tourists will visit Mexico.

The tourists flow from Russia to Mexico increased seriously thanks to two circumstances. First of all the visa procedure was simplified to the limit in November 2010. Russian citizen can draw up the visa in 5 minutes if he has a computer and Internet. Secondly as from December 2009 there is a direct non-stop Transaero flight from Moscow Domodedovo airport to resort city of Cancun.  According to statistics 45% of Russians arrive to Mexico with this flight. Thus in 2010 Mexico became the second most visited by Russian tourists country in Latin America. First place is taken by Dominicana, Cuba is the third. The Ambassador of Mexico Mr. Alfredo Perez Bravo talked about that at the press-conference held within MITT-2011 exhibition.

Annually 22 mio foreign guests plus more than 6 mio cruise passengers visit Mexico. Most of the guests come from the USA (15 mio), Canada (2 mio) and Great Britain (350 thousand). 1.5 mio tourists from Europe visit Mexico every year. Russia is one of the most important markets for tourism industry as it demonstrates high increase of sales. Besides that Russians spent from 700 to 2500 $ per trip per person in Mexico, which is two or three times more than other European tourists.

Tourism administration of Mexico helps developing charter program to Cancun from Russia. Most of the Russians that visited Cancun are citizens of Moscow and St.Petersburg. Immediately after the tourists from Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Omsk, Tomsk, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk and Nizhnevartovsk come. Due to the fact that 55% of Russians arrive to the country with connecting flights of the European airlines the Embassy is planning to have negotiations with Russian aircarriers apropos launching a direct flight Moscow – Mexico. Workshops promoting mexican tourism will be organized in June in various cities of Russia and in September with the support of the Embassy of Mexico in Russia the presentation for Russian travel trade will be held.

Tourism for Mexico is the third source of foreign currency after oil export and money remittance of emigrants. Annual income in tourism reach not less than 26 billion $. Tourism sector brings 8% of GDP and provides more than 9% of jobs. Mexico offers the tourists accommodation in 657 hotels, aircompanies of the country serve more than 32 mio passengers. 62% of foreign tourists visit Mexico in order to visit 10 places of interest of the country.

In 2018 Mexico plans to become the fifth popular travel destination in the world. Today it occupies the 10th place in that rating. To reach this goal Mexico will need to outdo such countries as Germany, Great Britain and Italy.

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