Mexico´s Tourism Snared Over $1 Billion in January

Mexico´s leisure sector swung for the fences in January and came out with a tape-measuring dinger as it raked in more than $1 billion worth of revenues, up a blistering 15.4 percent from January 2004, the country´s Tourism Department informed this week in a press release.

The Aztec nation welcomed 1.8 million tourists in January, up 10.1 percent from that same month a year ago. Out of that total, little more than one million visitors came from other parts of the country, while the remaining 728,000 sunbathers hailed from across the border.

The report also indicates that cruise liners chipped in nearly 878,830 passengers all through January, up a walloping 23.2 percent from the same month of 2004. These tourists shelled out $53.6 million during that span of time.