{"id":94608323,"date":"2012-02-15T13:22:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/despite-concerns-mexico-set-tourism-record-in-2011\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T11:08:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T11:08:28","slug":"despite-concerns-mexico-set-tourism-record-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/despite-concerns-mexico-set-tourism-record-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Concerns, Mexico Set Tourism Record in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cancun, Mexico (Photo: Fareportal Image Gallery)\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2012\/2\/mexico_tourism.jpg\" alt=\"Cancun, Mexico (Photo: Fareportal Image Gallery)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cancun remained a popular tourist destination in 2011 <\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from The Mexican Ministry of Tourism, 2011 marked a record year for tourism in <strong>Mexico<\/strong>. Despite lingering safety concerns, Mexico welcomed 22.67 million international visitors last year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Domestic visits were also up with 167 million Mexican nationals visiting popular tourist areas. The total tourist count edged out 2008 for the most ever, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/world_now\/2012\/02\/mexico-tourism-drug-violence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though there was a slight dip in the number of American visits, Mexico remained the top international destination for American travelers. The nation also saw a spike in visits from <strong>Brazil<\/strong>, Russia, China, Colombia, and <strong>Italy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mexico hopes to continue the trend in 2012, despite new travel warnings urging Americans to proceed with caution. Officials are hoping an abundance<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cheap flights<\/a><\/strong> and hotel rooms will keep wary travelers coming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mexico could potentially see a boost from excitement surrounding the Mayan calendar, which famously ends in December 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Fareportal Image Gallery <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cancun remained a popular tourist destination in 2011 &nbsp; According to a report from The Mexican Ministry of Tourism, 2011 marked a record year for tourism in Mexico. Despite lingering safety concerns, Mexico welcomed 22.67 million international visitors last year. &nbsp; Domestic visits were also up with 167 million Mexican nationals visiting popular tourist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97201261,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608323\/revisions\/97201261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}