Investment in Mexico, Tourism Infrastructure: private investment in the tourism sector grew by 5%

The Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur) reports that during 2011 the investment that the private initiative (IP) exercised in projects to increase and strengthen the tourism infrastructure of our country was 3,720.66 million dollars, a figure 5.5% higher than that reported during 2010 Last year, the IP carried out more than a thousand tourism infrastructure projects, against the 869 executed a year earlier. Of the total of the works, 370 were lodging, which required resources for almost one thousand 911.97 million dollars.

In the real estate part, 131 projects were built that required investments for 765.44 million dollars, while in the entertainment sector 60 were developed for a value of 657.02 million dollars. Of the total investments channeled last year by IP to develop {infrastructure} projects, beach destinations captured 1,760.05 million dollars. In the Central Region, US $ 889.41 million was invested, Mayan World US $ 716.59 million and Mexico North US $ 354.51 million. The 79.93% of the investments made by the IP was national capital, while the remaining 19.14 was of foreign origin. United States, Spain, China and the United Kingdom were

Investment in tourism development grew 5%

The nations that invested most in our country in the execution of infrastructure works.