In the first semester of 2012, reservations grow up to 8%.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, as published in the journal "Excelsior", the number of hotel reservations in the five states the government of Mexico is being promoted as part of the "Mundo Maya" which grew up to 8% the first six months of 2012.
"The growth on reservations could very well be caused by the promotional campaign we've been doing since the previous year, which has captured people's interest to come and to see what occurs in our country," mentioned the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, Gloria Guevara.
She said in an interview after a working trip to New York that the Mexico's government promotes the legacy, the Mayan culture's current vitality along with the areas that haven't been promoted worldwide.
"Mundo Maya is what we promote today which was not promoted before. We are making great efforts to promote Yucatan, Tabasco, Campeche Quintana Roo cultural zone as well as Chiapas. We market with traditional sun as well as beach destinations, but additionally urge nature or eco tourism in the region," she mentioned.
In Manhattan NY business center - she joked with the idea that the world will end later this current year, in accordance with some Interpretations of the calendar of the Mayans.
The world's end view has additionally helped entice tourists to the location.
She also said that however, there aren't any consolidated figures, "reservations for the 2nd semester appear greater than those we had in the first 6 months.
The best or top 10 destinations in the 5 states composing the "Mundo Maya" and advertised by the Tourism Ministry are the following: Chiapas, nearby Guatemala as well as the Pacific Ocean, with a world of picturesque, cultural and tourist resources mix here the natural way. The grandeur of the Mayan sites of Palenque, Bonampak, Izapa, Yaxchilan or Tonina contends with the colonial sites of Chiapa de Corzo or Comitan and San Cristobal.
1.Tonina
Tonina is an archeological zone having sufficient traces of the culture of the Mayan. In Tzeltal language, its name means, "the stone house" or "huge stone houses". It gained its fame in the Late Classic (600-900 AD), when most inscriptions and also ancient monuments were created in the Ocosingo Valley, a transition zone in between the Chiapas jungle and also the forest. The Acropolis of Tonina was one of the larger structures of antique Mexico toward the end of the Classic.
2.Palenque
'Lakamha' which means "place of many waters" is the true name of this ancient city. Ultimately, the archeological city got its name from the surrounding community created in the late 16th century, Santo Domingo de Palenque. Palenque signifies "Palisade" or "Stockade" which is the term for a circle of wood guarding a location. In Campeche the landscape goes from the rich jungle with interior waterways, to small coastal fishing villages permitting the preservation of numerous Mayan archeological remains and also colonial cities. A number of Mayan archeological sites including Edzna, Calakmul, Chicana, Hochob and Becan, along with other assets including an underwater world, where one can explore its natural resources, and go to submerged wrecks close to the coast.
3.Edzna
In Edzna, the traveler walks throughout the archeological site which is just found South of Campeche thinks that some cities are like non moving objects at a certain time. With this the idea, maybe it will be an excellent choice to consider rides similar to this - walks enabling us to live time.
4.Calakmul
This amazing destination means "Two mounds together." It's among the most significant cities during the civilization of the Mayan, both by extension and also by population using more than 50 thousand occupants. The chronology of the city dates from the Pre-Classic period (300 BC-250 BC). Its peak happens in the Classic period when the kingdom of Kaan joined up with other states in a confederation known as "Cuchcabal." It's low-lying and predominantly hot. And humid the climate in the Gulf of Mexico, make an eternally green landscape, dotted with rivers, lakes, marshes and amazing beaches.
5.Comalcalco
Its present name comes from the Nahuatls' surprise, as soon as arriving in the area found it already empty with structures constructed of an unfamiliar material, brick. With this, they decided to give it an illustrative name to the nearest thing they understood, the comal. So they label it "Comalli-Calli-Co" meaning "House of the griddles".
6.Pomona
It goes up above numerous piles serving as the separation point to two geographic areas, both governed by Usumacinta River. This region, referred to as Usumacinta province, in the Tabasco territory, leads the river through sedentary plains to the Gulf of Mexico, the Moral Reform Mayan cities, San Claudio and Santa Elena. In Chiapas, in a tough landscape, through mountains and valleys, several other cities rise, particularly Bonanpak, Yaxchilan and Palenque. Chacchoben, Coba, Dzibanch, King, Ichkabal, Kohunlich, Muyil, Oxtankah, San Gervasio, El Meco, Tulum, Xel-Ha and Xcaret are the several archeological Mayan sites that can be visited in Quintana Roo. In fact, these are the most famous part of the top 10 destinations.
7.Coba
The name of this destination means "water humidity" or "water with moss". Located sixty miles east of Chichen Itza and forty miles northwest of Tulum, this archeological site has an area of more than 70 square kilometers and a network of 45 roads (or what they call sacbes) connecting the site sets along with smaller communities, under their domain.
8.Tulum
The Tulum and its archeological site of by far the best known in the Maya Riviera, in the National Park of the same name, declared as such on 23rd of April 1981. The mangrove eco system is made up primarily of red mangrove. Tulum, located in the Yucatan, was created when the land surfaced from the sea many thousands of years ago, also known as the Land of the Mayan, a significant Mayan archeological site.
9.Uxmal
"Thrice built" or "three harvest" is what Uxmal means and this also refers to the city's complexity in the Puuc hills which is a group of hills that break the monotony of the Yucatan plains were settlements and cities of the Mayans were found.
10.Chichen Itza
During the Terminal Classic and Early Post Classic periods, between 900 and 1300 AD, Chichen Itza was the most important city of the Mayan culture.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, as published in the journal "Excelsior", the number of hotel reservations in the five states the government of Mexico is being promoted as part of the "Mundo Maya" which grew up to 8% the first six months of 2012.
"The growth on reservations could very well be caused by the promotional campaign we've been doing since the previous year, which has captured people's interest to come and to see what occurs in our country," mentioned the Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, Gloria Guevara.
She said in an interview after a working trip to New York that the Mexico's government promotes the legacy, the Mayan culture's current vitality along with the areas that haven't been promoted worldwide.
"Mundo Maya is what we promote today which was not promoted before. We are making great efforts to promote Yucatan, Tabasco, Campeche Quintana Roo cultural zone as well as Chiapas. We market with traditional sun as well as beach destinations, but additionally urge nature or eco tourism in the region," she mentioned.
In Manhattan NY business center - she joked with the idea that the world will end later this current year, in accordance with some Interpretations of the calendar of the Mayans.
The world's end view has additionally helped entice tourists to the location.
She also said that however, there aren't any consolidated figures, "reservations for the 2nd semester appear greater than those we had in the first 6 months.
The best or top 10 destinations in the 5 states composing the "Mundo Maya" and advertised by the Tourism Ministry are the following: Chiapas, nearby Guatemala as well as the Pacific Ocean, with a world of picturesque, cultural and tourist resources mix here the natural way. The grandeur of the Mayan sites of Palenque, Bonampak, Izapa, Yaxchilan or Tonina contends with the colonial sites of Chiapa de Corzo or Comitan and San Cristobal.
1.Tonina
Tonina is an archeological zone having sufficient traces of the culture of the Mayan. In Tzeltal language, its name means, "the stone house" or "huge stone houses". It gained its fame in the Late Classic (600-900 AD), when most inscriptions and also ancient monuments were created in the Ocosingo Valley, a transition zone in between the Chiapas jungle and also the forest. The Acropolis of Tonina was one of the larger structures of antique Mexico toward the end of the Classic.
2.Palenque
'Lakamha' which means "place of many waters" is the true name of this ancient city. Ultimately, the archeological city got its name from the surrounding community created in the late 16th century, Santo Domingo de Palenque. Palenque signifies "Palisade" or "Stockade" which is the term for a circle of wood guarding a location. In Campeche the landscape goes from the rich jungle with interior waterways, to small coastal fishing villages permitting the preservation of numerous Mayan archeological remains and also colonial cities. A number of Mayan archeological sites including Edzna, Calakmul, Chicana, Hochob and Becan, along with other assets including an underwater world, where one can explore its natural resources, and go to submerged wrecks close to the coast.
3.Edzna
In Edzna, the traveler walks throughout the archeological site which is just found South of Campeche thinks that some cities are like non moving objects at a certain time. With this the idea, maybe it will be an excellent choice to consider rides similar to this - walks enabling us to live time.
4.Calakmul
This amazing destination means "Two mounds together." It's among the most significant cities during the civilization of the Mayan, both by extension and also by population using more than 50 thousand occupants. The chronology of the city dates from the Pre-Classic period (300 BC-250 BC). Its peak happens in the Classic period when the kingdom of Kaan joined up with other states in a confederation known as "Cuchcabal." It's low-lying and predominantly hot. And humid the climate in the Gulf of Mexico, make an eternally green landscape, dotted with rivers, lakes, marshes and amazing beaches.
5.Comalcalco
Its present name comes from the Nahuatls' surprise, as soon as arriving in the area found it already empty with structures constructed of an unfamiliar material, brick. With this, they decided to give it an illustrative name to the nearest thing they understood, the comal. So they label it "Comalli-Calli-Co" meaning "House of the griddles".
6.Pomona
It goes up above numerous piles serving as the separation point to two geographic areas, both governed by Usumacinta River. This region, referred to as Usumacinta province, in the Tabasco territory, leads the river through sedentary plains to the Gulf of Mexico, the Moral Reform Mayan cities, San Claudio and Santa Elena. In Chiapas, in a tough landscape, through mountains and valleys, several other cities rise, particularly Bonanpak, Yaxchilan and Palenque. Chacchoben, Coba, Dzibanch, King, Ichkabal, Kohunlich, Muyil, Oxtankah, San Gervasio, El Meco, Tulum, Xel-Ha and Xcaret are the several archeological Mayan sites that can be visited in Quintana Roo. In fact, these are the most famous part of the top 10 destinations.
7.Coba
The name of this destination means "water humidity" or "water with moss". Located sixty miles east of Chichen Itza and forty miles northwest of Tulum, this archeological site has an area of more than 70 square kilometers and a network of 45 roads (or what they call sacbes) connecting the site sets along with smaller communities, under their domain.
8.Tulum
The Tulum and its archeological site of by far the best known in the Maya Riviera, in the National Park of the same name, declared as such on 23rd of April 1981. The mangrove eco system is made up primarily of red mangrove. Tulum, located in the Yucatan, was created when the land surfaced from the sea many thousands of years ago, also known as the Land of the Mayan, a significant Mayan archeological site.
9.Uxmal
"Thrice built" or "three harvest" is what Uxmal means and this also refers to the city's complexity in the Puuc hills which is a group of hills that break the monotony of the Yucatan plains were settlements and cities of the Mayans were found.
10.Chichen Itza
During the Terminal Classic and Early Post Classic periods, between 900 and 1300 AD, Chichen Itza was the most important city of the Mayan culture.
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