Mexico’s tourism sector is doing rather well. After an appalling 2009, in which the outbreak of swine flu emptied hotels overnight, the number of visitors this year will be close to 2008’s record total of 22.6m. Even excluding 50m annual day-trippers, Mexico remains the world’s tenth most-visited country.
Mexico’s economy is rebounding from last year’s contraction of 6.5 percent, its worst slump since 1932, on the back of export growth. Gross domestic product expanded 5.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier and 7.6 percent in the second quarter. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-26/mexico-keeps-key-rate-at-4-5-amid-recovery-as-inflation-remains-in-check.html
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