MEETINGS & INCENTIVES MÉXICO TOURISM BOARD

2,000 miles 6,200 miles 112 million 31 States + DF MEETINGS AT A GLANCE Mexico-US border 2,000 miles (3,200 kms) HUX Young Population Average age 29 Exports: 350 Billion Dollars Coastline over 6,200 miles (10,000 kms) Population 112 million 31 States + DF

MEXICO´S PERFORMANCE Tourists Place Country Tourists Arrivals 2015 (Millions) 1 Francia 84.5 2 EE.UU. 77.5 3 España 68.2 4 China 56.9 5 Italia 50.7 ……. 9 México 32.1 Mexico is one of the top ten tourist destinations in the world: 35 millions visitors in 2016 6.4 millions cruise visitors 9.5 millions Border crossers Tourism represents 8.7% of the GDP. One a of the 3 sources of foreign currency revenue. Mexico is the principal trade consumer of USA exports, more than all BRIC countries together. More than 9 millions jobs. (1) Source: UNWTO 2015 (2)Source: Economic Impact Survey, PWC 2011

MEXICO´S PERFORMANCE ITS NUMBERS 182 International congresses (ICCA, 2016) 21st place in number of World Congresses (ICCA,2016) 128,339 participants in World Congresses (ICCA, 2016) 16th place in the world in number of participants (ICCA, 2016) 29.3 million attendees to meetings in Mexico 25 Billion Dollars, Direct Spending of the Meetings Industry (2014) 29.5 million room nights (2014) MEXICO´S PERFORMANCE ITS NUMBERS

17.5 % Tourism $ 142 billion Meetings $ 25 billion ECONOMIC IMPACT MEETINGS INDUSTRY IN MÉXICO Tourism $ 142 billion Meetings $ 25 billion 17.5 % Source: Economic Impact Meetings Industry Study, 2014

WHY MEXICO?

WHY MÉXICO? CONNECTIVITY International (2016) Flights: 113,600 Passengers: 15.8 million 63 International Airports 95,000 milles express Highways

UNRIVALED VALUE – PRICE RELATIONSHIP WHY MEXICO? UNRIVALED VALUE – PRICE RELATIONSHIP FOR MEETING PLANNERS 0% VAT Tax fiscal incentive (16% savings on a broad range of meetings and convention services). Meetings are fully deductible in USA and CANADA. Competitive pricing for upscale services. FOR PARTICIPANTS Tax Back Program

WHY MEXICO? INFRASTRUCTURE 70 major convention and exposition centers across the country. 320,000 rooms in 4 & 5 stars Hotels. 55 State Tourism offices and CVB’s. 13,000 to 960,000 ft2 12,000,000 ft2. in total space for meetings and exhibitions.

WHY MEXICO? HOTELS AND RESORTS World Class Accommodations 14 AAA - 5 diamond hotels More than 3,000 hotels Boutique Hotels and historic buildings Some of the world’s best spas: - One & Only Palmilla (Los Cabos, BCS) - Rancho La Puerta (Tecate, BC) - Banyan tree Riviera Maya (Q.Roo) 31 Marinas 210 Golf courses

WHO IS CHOOSING MEXICO?

WHO IS CHOOSING MEXICO? World Water Forum: 2006 XVII International AIDS Conference: 2008 COP16: 2010 G20 Summit: 2012 World Congress of Nephrology: 2017 XVI World Water Congress: 2017 73rd Annual General Meeting IATA: 2017 World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, 2018 World CongressIntellectual Property: 2018 World Congress of Internal Medicine /WCIM WHO IS CHOOSING MEXICO?

WHAT’S NEW IN MEXICO? New Venues - La Paz Convention Center (2016) - Yucatán CIC (Mérida 2018) -  Toluca Convention and Exposition Center (Toluca 2017)   - M Pavilion (Monterrey 2016) New Airport of Mexico City, 9 billion dollar investment (2021) Tequila Route in Tequila Town, Jalisco New hotels: Live Aqua Monterrey (2016); Mexico City Fiesta American Toreo (2016) and Barceló (2017), Riviera Maya Cancún; Dreams Playa Mujeres (2016), UNICO Hotel (2016), Zoëtry (2018), Breathless (2018), Now (2018), The Grand at Moon Palace (2017); Breathless (2019) and Hard Rock (2019); Los Cabos: Le Blanc Spa (2017), Hard Rock (2019); Puerto Vallarta: Cirque Du Soleil y Hotel Vidanta (2018); Zoëtry (2018)

MEXICO TOURISM BOARD Expertise for any meeting industry requirement in Mexico Bid & fulfillment advice of 55 CVB’s in the country Professional team to support your meetings needs Connection to Mexico’s meeting industry

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