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Yucatan breaks tourism record in 2019: received more than 3.2 million visitors

-2.8 million people arrived in the state by air and more than 400,000 on cruise ships.

-The number of overnight tourists increased by 15 percent, surpassing the two million barrier for the first time in history.

-The entity was located in the first three places of growth in the item at the national level, generating a spill of more than eight thousand 264.9 million pesos.

Mérida, Yucatán, January 22, 2020.- 2019 was, without a doubt, a year of radical changes for tourism in Mexico, where Yucatán, thanks to the strategies promoted by Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal through the Ministry of Development Tourist (Sefotur), knew how to cope with this situation to place the state as the favorite destination in Mexico.

Yucatan, in the top 20 to visit in 2020

• Fodor's, an international publication specialized in tourism, included Valladolid within the Go 2020 in the category of "The best places to visit in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean in 2020".

• Its website, with more than five million visits per month, also recommends, within its travel tips in Yucatan, Izamal for its authentic local crafts and Yucatecan cuisine.

Mérida, Yucatán, January 3, 2020.- The year begins with very good news, as Yucatán is again part of the recommendation lists to visit in 2020 by Fodor's magazine, one of the most important international publications specialized in tourism for visitors. travelers, which included the state in its Go 2020 list.

Merida starts tourism promotion in China

Mexico, Jul. 26 (Notimex) .- The International Cultural Meeting, to be held in China this week, will have a demonstration of typical Yucatecan cuisine and a presentation of Folkloric Ballet of Merida.

Tourism Minister to head business forum in Merida

Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Jun. 8 (Notimex).- The head of the federal Tourism Ministry (Sectur, for its acronym in Spanish), Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, will visit Yucatan to participate in the First Touristic Business Forum Mexico-Cuba, which is part of the resumption of bilateral relation between both nations.

Mexico and Cuba to strengthen relation in touristic business forum

By Verenice León. Envoy Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Jun. 6 (Notimex).- Touristic authorities and sector business representatives will meet in the First Touristic Business Forum Mexico-Cuba, to be held from June 7 to 8, in the Yucatan Convention Center Siglo XXI.