High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tourism in Mexico is a very large industry. Mexico is the number one destination for foreign tourists within the Latin America region and number two destination in the Americas, ranking worldwide in the tenth place in terms of the international tourist arrivals, with more than 22.6 million visitors in 2008 while US dollar travel spending by all visitors rose 3.4% to US$13.3 billion. More significantly, WTTC`s research shows that the country`s Travel Tourism Economy increased its contribution to 13.2% of Mexico`s GDP, growing by 3.8%.