{"id":1293,"date":"2023-12-19T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2023-12-19T01:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T01:21:19","slug":"lazos-turisticos-entre-mexico-y-japon-mas-fuertes-que-nunca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/lazos-turisticos-entre-mexico-y-japon-mas-fuertes-que-nunca\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism ties between Mexico and Japan stronger than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqu\u00e9s, held a working meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Mexico, His Excellency. Mr. Noriteru Fukushima.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torruco Marqu\u00e9s pointed out that, in 2022, 52 thousand visitors arrived in Mexico by air from Japan, and by 2023, the flight offer between both countries is 646 flights, this is 77% more than last year, with 134 thousand scheduled seats. 117% more than in 2022.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He reported that in 2024 a work tour will be carried out in Japan, with state Tourism secretaries and businessmen in the industry, to hold meetings with the main tour operators in that country and promote tourism, connectivity and investments.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqu\u00e9s, held a working meeting with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Mexico, His Excellency. Mr. Noriteru Fukushima, and members of the Keidanren Japan-Mexico Bilateral Business Committee, with the purpose of strengthening the bilateral relationship in tourism, and encouraging the flow of travelers and connectivity between both countries, as well as triggering investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) highlighted the deep relationship of friendship between Mexico and Japan; being linked by a mutual respect for our ancient civilizations, our traditions and a great interest in our tourist attractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed out that, in 2022, 52 thousand visitors arrived in Mexico by air from Japan, which represented an expense of almost 57.5 million dollars. He said that, from January to October 2023, we received 64,600 Japanese citizens, meaning an expense of 74 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He indicated that air connectivity between both countries is with the airlines, All Nippon Airways and Aerom\u00e9xico. The offer of flights between both countries this year is 646, 77% more than last year, with 134 thousand scheduled seats, 117% more than in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Torruco Marqu\u00e9s highlighted that the bilateral tourism relationship between both countries is becoming stronger and stronger, and we can go even further together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this vein, he reported that next year a working tour is planned in Japan, which will be accompanied by a delegation of state Tourism Secretaries and businessmen from the Mexican tourism sector, and in which meetings will be held with the main tour operators and travel agents from this Asian country, as well as investors, to encourage the arrival of more international tourists to Mexico from this important source market.<\/p>\n\n\n

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He stressed that Mexico stands out as an important tourist destination, due to its abundant natural, cultural, gastronomic and architectural resources; such as its 193 archaeological zones open to the public, more than 117 thousand monuments, 200 Protected Natural Areas, just over 15 thousand kilometers of coast, 177 Magic Towns and 32 Magic Neighborhoods, to mention just a few attractions, without forgetting our great gastronomic offer. considered Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed out that 2022 was a historic year for tourism in Mexico, since 38.3 million international visitors arrived, this is 20% compared to 2021; Likewise, 28 thousand 17 million dollars came in from international visitors, 14% more than in 2019, placing us in ninth position in the world in this area, which is how the tourism potential of a nation is measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of Foreign Direct Investment in Tourism (IEDT), in 2022, it was 4,472 million dollars, a record figure, 260% above what was captured in 2019; In addition to this, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) ranked Mexico in sixth place in the world in terms of FDTI projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdded to this is public investment in tourism infrastructure, which has been a little more than 393,392 million pesos, including the construction, expansion or remodeling of roads, airports, urban infrastructure in tourist destinations, and railway works,\u201d declared the head of Sectur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have been challenging years, however, today we are here doing what we do best: building ties and bridges between people, cultures and nations. I invite you to continue working together and, above all, to continue investing in Mexico,\u201d concluded Torruco Marqu\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his part, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Mexico, His Excellency. Mr. Noriteru Fukushima, highlighted the good relationship that exists between both countries; by highlighting the great interest of Japanese people in traveling to our country, as well as of Mexicans who visit Japan, which have increased compared to what arrived before the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He expressed his solidarity and that of the Japanese people with the port of Acapulco and Guerrero, which was affected by Hurricane Otis; with the wish for the speedy recovery of this beautiful tourist destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On his occasion, Shinya Katanozaka, president of the Japan-Mexico Bilateral Business Committee, Keidanren, and director and president of ANA Holdings, showed the willingness of the organization he heads to work in areas of opportunity that encourage investments in Mexico, in the tourism sector. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this meeting, a productive dialogue was held in which it was recognized that Mexican tourists find Japan attractive for its history, nature and gastronomy; While the Japanese have a great interest in the culture of Mexico, in June of this year an exhibition was held in that country, dedicated to the Mayan, Aztec and Teotihuacan cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, the important presence of companies of Japanese origin in Mexico was recognized, which contribute to economic development and therefore to boost tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also participating in this meeting were the Undersecretary of Tourism, Humberto Hern\u00e1ndez Haddad; the general director of Promotion and International Affairs, Emmanuel Rey; on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), the General Director for Asia-Pacific, Counselor Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez Saiffe; the deputy director of Connectivity, Yonadab Abigael Zacar\u00edas S\u00e1nchez; and on behalf of the Japan-Mexico Bilateral Business Committee, Keidanren, the vice president and president of the International Committee of the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, Nobuhiko Takamatsu; President and CEO, Fujita Corporation, Yoji Okumura; Deputy General Manager of Government and Foreign Affairs of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Shiniji Teratani; among other directors and representatives of important Japanese companies.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El secretario de Turismo del Gobierno de M\u00e9xico, Miguel Torruco Marqu\u00e9s, sostuvo una reuni\u00f3n de trabajo con el\u00a0Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario de Jap\u00f3n en M\u00e9xico, Excmo. Sr. Noriteru Fukushima. Torruco Marqu\u00e9s se\u00f1al\u00f3 que, en 2022, llegaron a M\u00e9xico 52 mil visitantes v\u00eda a\u00e9rea de Jap\u00f3n, y para 2023,\u00a0la oferta de vuelos entre ambos pa\u00edses es […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-noticias-mexico"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomundomaya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}