While Tourism Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu feels that her promotion trip to China last week was a success, luring more Chinese travelers remains a challenge. Getting here from China is not easy and once in Mexico, language can be a trial. In the entire country there are only three licensed guides who speak Mandarin. Even so, nearly 20,000 Chinese visited Mexico during the first quarter of 2013. This was a 35 percent increase over 2012. Plans now include an easing of visa requirements and taking advantage of the large number of Mexicans descended from Chinese immigrants.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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