Mexico Tourism Board Announces New Pacific Coast Resort

Mexico is moving forward with a new resort development to attract tourism to its Pacific Coast. Construction began this week for Mexico’s newest resort town, expected to be the biggest project in the last 25 years.

Twice the size of Cancun, located in Escuinapa, 65 miles south of Mazatlan, the resort town will feature top notch infrastructure including highways, hotels, golf courses and marinas.

Although it has yet to be named, the master planned resort has a strong environmental commitment to maintain the ecological balance in the area within its more than 5,800 acres made up of 155 species of birds such as the ibis and tiger eagle as well as four types of mangroves.

Tourism is one of the most important industries in Mexico; revenue generated by tourists reached $13.2 billion in 2008. The creation of this project is expected to create 150,000 jobs and attract more than 3 million national and international tourists each year with an estimated population of 500,000 by 2025.

In 2008, Mexico welcomed 22.6 million international visitors. That’s a 5.9 percent increase from the previous year, of which, 18 million were Americans.