AP New York. A new tourism campaign aimed to raise interest on the Mayan calendar ending cycle this December and to attract US visitors was presented by the Secretary (Minister) of Tourism in Mexico, Gloria Guevara in New York.
Guevara, accompanied by Tourism Board of Mexico General Deputy Director, Rodolfo Lpez Negrete as a part of a working trip to the US met with seventy travel agencies in New York at a meeting which they called "Mayan Calendar" which was organized by Cond Nast Traveler travel magazine.
"It's of great importance for us to receive feedback from our tour operators so that we will have an idea on how they are working on our promotional campaigns.", said Efe Lopez Negrete. Guevara and Negrete are bound to return to Mexico after their two intense days of work in the vibrant city of New York.
The"Mundo Maya 2012" tourism promotion program is an initiative to attract more visitors to the Mayan areas in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, all in southeastern Mexico was presented at the meeting in Manhattan.
A glyph about the end of a cycle and the beginning of another was for the attractions on the area of Mexico ignited the interest of the people's interest which have lead to a number of interpretations and a so called alleged "doomsday prophecy" was denied by the specialists.
According to Lopez Negrete, the arrival of "a new era of growth and happiness" as stated by the Maya is when there is increasing hotel occupations in those States and the end of cycle which as scheduled for December 21, 2012 has attracted a significant attention from the Americans was denied by the specialists.
Americans traveling abroad with a 19% market share chose Mexico as their main destination; last May the Latin American country received 467,000 visitors from the US, 2.2% more than the same month the previous year.
To help fortify this trend, which has been declining these days, a round of meetings with tourism companies in the US in New York, in Austin and Dallas Texas and Charlotte in North Carolina was launched by the Secretary of Tourism.
Guevara, accompanied by Tourism Board of Mexico General Deputy Director, Rodolfo Lpez Negrete as a part of a working trip to the US met with seventy travel agencies in New York at a meeting which they called "Mayan Calendar" which was organized by Cond Nast Traveler travel magazine.
"It's of great importance for us to receive feedback from our tour operators so that we will have an idea on how they are working on our promotional campaigns.", said Efe Lopez Negrete. Guevara and Negrete are bound to return to Mexico after their two intense days of work in the vibrant city of New York.
The"Mundo Maya 2012" tourism promotion program is an initiative to attract more visitors to the Mayan areas in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo and Yucatan, all in southeastern Mexico was presented at the meeting in Manhattan.
A glyph about the end of a cycle and the beginning of another was for the attractions on the area of Mexico ignited the interest of the people's interest which have lead to a number of interpretations and a so called alleged "doomsday prophecy" was denied by the specialists.
According to Lopez Negrete, the arrival of "a new era of growth and happiness" as stated by the Maya is when there is increasing hotel occupations in those States and the end of cycle which as scheduled for December 21, 2012 has attracted a significant attention from the Americans was denied by the specialists.
Americans traveling abroad with a 19% market share chose Mexico as their main destination; last May the Latin American country received 467,000 visitors from the US, 2.2% more than the same month the previous year.
To help fortify this trend, which has been declining these days, a round of meetings with tourism companies in the US in New York, in Austin and Dallas Texas and Charlotte in North Carolina was launched by the Secretary of Tourism.
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