IUOTO ~- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS Page 1 MEXICO
Source of Information : Departamento de Turismo, Mexico
Method of Collection : Frontier Check
Definition : "Visitor" - any foreign visitor coming to work in Mexico or otherwise
and staying for up to 6 months
"Tourist" - a foreign visitor staying up to 6 months for holiday,
health, scientific, artistic or sport reasons but not
engaging in remunerated activity

Number of Tourist Arrivals at Frontiers by Country of Residence (1)

Country of
2esidence

Frontier Arrivals
1969 1970

Argentina B 974
Brazil 5 388
Canada 62 578
chile 5 482
colombia 5 425
Costa Rica 6 095
El Salvador 11 520
“rance B 488
3ermany 6 604
auatemala 38 703
Honduras 7 088
[taly 3 086
Japan 4 131
Nicaragua 4 021
Panama 4 557
Peru 5 423
Spain 4 223
United Kingdom 4 891
USA 2 008 374
Jenezuela 6 175
All other countries 33 255
Totals 2 064 650 2 245 481
(1) Arrivals of Mexican nationals resident abroad numbered 246 828 in 1569 and
261 174 in 1970. They are included in the above figures
Number of Foreign Cruise Passenger Arrivals

1969 31 911

1970 32 889

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Number of Tourist Arrivals by Mode of Transport

Air
Sea

1969 1970
797 582 886 968
7 818 6 895

1969
Road 1 206 018
Rail 47 244
O0+her S 988

1970
1 301 037
45 252
5 329

VOL 24 - 1970