Mexico has closed its tourism office in Beijing and apparently given up hope of luring in hordes of Chinese visitors during the years ahead. Five years ago, Mexico was listed among the countries that Chinese tourists would be permitted by their government to visit. At the time, it was said there were five million potential tourists in China who might want to visit Mexico. Last year, 16,000 arrived.
Budget cutbacks in Mexico are said to be the reason that the Beijing tourism office was closed. Critics have argued that the project was not realistic from the start. Chinese travelers allowed to leave their own country are more interested in visiting other parts of the world.--
Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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