Mexico. During a ceremony at the National Museum of Anthropology, President Felipe Calderon launched Tuesday the Undo Maya tourism program, an initiative to promote visits to archaeological sites before December 21, 2012, a date that marks the end of a cycle Mayan calendar, and will seek to boost tourism in the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Room, Tabasco and Yucatan.
The aim of the initiative, said the president, is to contribute to plans to position Mexico as a tourist destination unique and privileged to attract more travelers, for which events will be held, will expand the cultural offer with the opening and remodeling areas archaeological and provide a “heavy investment” in tourism infrastructure.
“I’m sure the Undo Maya program will be a powerful engine of progress and prosperity for Mexicans, each state has selected two sites for the Undo Maya program, but I think we see much more must be done, as in week Santa’s visit the 7 houses, but here we will have to visit the 10 sites of the Mayan World, “Calderon said.
Mexican President called the business sector to join the program, which also plans to build new projects as the Museum of Pre-Hispanic cultures, continue with the public and private investment in infrastructure to facilitate tourism and promote sustainable growth and job creation in participating states.
“Today we are the tenth largest global tourism and we must work hard to achieve between 5 to be more important as we have proposed in the National Agreement for Tourism in the Year of Tourism in the country,” he said.
Was elected on 21 December next year plan target of 18 months because, according to the account of the Mayan calendar, this day ends the cycle of one million 877 thousand days started in the year 3114 BC and started a new account said Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara Mango.
The Undo Maya region of Mexico, comprising the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Room, Tabasco and Yucatan, which covers an area of 241,784 Km2.