El turismo como actividad esencial en el crecimiento económico.

This article reveals the importance that tourism usually has as a target element for a country's economic growth from its key indicators, such as international tourist arrivals and foreign exchange income from tourism, in particular for Mexico, representing an important part of the income that impact on the national GDP in addition to its contribution to the generation of direct and indirect employment. The comparison with other countries that have different economic development levels make see Mexico as an attractive country which climbs the world rankings in both indicators. The composition of the tourist activities in Mexico as well as the participation of each of them in the tourism GDP show a constant growth trend which favors employment generation in this sector with a share of 8.3% of the total number of people employed nationwide. It is important to make Mexico raise its competitiveness and give a new direction to this sector through infrastructure development and investment that favor sustainability in the sector to ensure a balance between economic development and environmental impact

Antecedentes -- Marco internacional -- Marco nacional -- Consideraciones finales