Mexico Maintains Open Door Coverage To Promote Tourism

Mexico upholds safety measures as a precedence to ensure the well being and wellbeing of its worldwide guests, by an open-door coverage, stopping crowds in its fundamental locations.

Till now, Mexico has adopted the suggestions of each the World Journey & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the United Nations World Tourism Group (UNWTO) to favor the restoration of the nationwide tourism business, as essentially the most affected sector by the closure of borders and isolationist insurance policies adopted by many international locations.

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As for the pandemic, authorities authorities agreed with personal firms on three primary actions: to not shut air borders to guests from any nation, implement well being protocols, and proceed the vaccination course of.

Because of this, Mexico turned the second most visited nation on this planet in 2021, in keeping with the UNWTO, with 31.9 million vacationers. Solely France noticed extra. Actually, in 2020, Mexico had already ranked because the third most visited nation, with 24.3 million vacationers, surpassing France and Italy, within the first two locations, respectively.

The Ministry of Tourism defined that Mexico went from third to second among the many most visited international locations on this planet due to the truth that it didn’t shut its borders as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

Mexico’s most notable advance was registered from 2019 to 2020 when the nation went from seventh to 3rd place within the rankings.

“Around the globe, many tens of millions of jobs and companies rely on a robust and thriving tourism sector in international locations in any respect improvement ranges. Tourism has additionally been a driving pressure in defending pure and cultural heritage, preserving them for future generations to get pleasure from,” stated Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary Common of UNWTO.

From the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, Mexico established pointers for reopening tourism, masking air transport, land transport, cruise ships, resorts, eating places, solar and seaside locations, stadiums, water parks, theaters and museums.

The measures aimed to favor the circulate of each nationwide and worldwide vacationers, with ample safety measures however with out closing Mexico’s borders, because it was beneficial not solely by the UNWTO however by different businesses such because the U.S. Meals & Drug Administration (FDA).

The rules, ready by the Mexican authorities, gathered in 129 pages the primary suggestions to bolster private hygiene and keep away from the danger of contagion as a lot as doable, primarily for overseas guests. The doc was distributed amongst representatives of the business and will be consulted by anybody since its entry is public.

All firms linked to tourism needed to adhere to those provisions to sanitize areas, set up filters, use private protecting gear, promote private hygiene, and wholesome distance between individuals, avoiding crowds.

Within the busiest airports equivalent to Mexico Metropolis, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Guadalajara, and Monterrey, these measures have been adopted in transit areas, with safety filters and making use of protocols earlier than boarding an plane to guard each passengers and the crew.

Mexico’s secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marques, identified that these pointers are aligned with others established concurrently in Canada and the US.

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