1. MEETINGS &
INCENTIVES
MÉXICO TOURISM BOARD

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. WHY MEXICO?

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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. WHO IS CHOOSING MEXICO?

12. 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?

13. 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)

14. 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