Erick Laseca

Mexico’s Carnival, Fiesta Forever!

It's more than just beads… Looking for a unique Carnival (Carnaval in Spanish) experience close to home with a foreign feel? Search no further than our southern neighbor, México. Hosting an array of parades, parties, concerts, culinary festivals, cu... Read >

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative to Reduce Mexico’s Tourism Revenues by a Scant 2.2 Percent Th

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), which now requires air travelers returning to the United States from Mexico to show a valid passport, is expected to reduce Mexico's international tourism revenues by only 2.2 percent this year, Tourism Sec... Read >

Private Investment in Mexico’s Tourism Sector Booming

Sectur expects year-end total to surpass US$12 billion Exceeding US$11.6 billion, private investment in Mexico's tourism sector has already surpassed federal goals for the 2001 to 2006 period by 29 percent, reports Sectur in its latest comprehensive st... Read >

Francisco Xavier Lopez Mena to Head up Mexico Tourism Board

Lopez Mena was appointed the MTB's CEO by incoming president Felipe Calderon. He succeeds Magdalena Carral, who occupied the position since early 2006. Tourism veteran Francisco Xavier Lopez Mena will be heading up the Mexico Tourism Board (MTB), Mexi... Read >

Mexico Tourism Board Congratulates World Heritage Alliance on One-year Anniversary

New Members of the Alliance Announced on November 14 in Los Angeles Mexico's Tourism Board is extending their congratulations to the new members of the Alliance and as well as to the World Heritage Alliance (WHA) on their first year in operation. The W... Read >

Get Ready to Whale Watch in Baja!

January through early April peak time to experience the grandeur of the gray whale in Mexico Gray whales are 52 feet long and weigh 36 tons, yet are gentle enough to touch… and Baja California's Pacific coast is the perfect place to experience the th... Read >

Monarch Butterflies Head South for the Winter

A blanket of orange and black coats the volcanic highlands of central Mexico Each year, some 250 million monarch butterflies arrive to the luscious volcanic highlands of central Mexico. Guided to the area by an inexplicable internal clock known scient... Read >

Mexican Mayans Descendants Make Debut in Apocalypto

The height of Mayan civilization may have ended some 1600 years ago, but this enigmatic empire seems to be making a come-back. This past Friday, December 8th, movie theaters across North America released Mel Gibson's much-anticipated feature, Apocalypto,... Read >