Visit Mexico, When we hear about Mexico, the first thing that comes to mind is the music of mariachi, tequila and spicy food; However, Mexico has much more to offer visitors who want to experience and be carried away by the magic of this country full of culture, lush landscapes and cities full of history. There are thousands of reasons to visit Mexico, but ten enough to encourage you to travel this hospitable land.

Mexico is a country of America, located in the southern part of North America. Its official name is United Mexican States, and its capital is Mexico City, whose territory has been designated as federal.12 Politically district is a democratic, representative and federal republic composed of 32 states, of which 31 are states and one is the federal district.

The Mexican territory has an area of ​​1,964,375 km², January 13 by making it the fourteenth largest country in the world and the third largest in Latin America. It bordered on the north by the United States along a border of 3118 km, while the south has a border of 956 km with 193 km with Guatemala and Belize; limit the coasts west by the Pacific Ocean and the east by the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, totaling 11,593 km, 1 making it the third American country with the greatest length of coastline.

Mexico is the eleventh most populous country in the world with an estimated 121 million people in the population 2015.3 most of which have Spanish as their mother tongue, which the state recognizes as a national language along with 67 indigenous languages ​​themselves In nación.14 of the country some 287 languages ​​are spoken; 15 due to the characteristics of its population, it is the most populous Spanish-speaking country, 16 and the seventh most linguistically diverse country in the world.17

The human presence in Mexico dates back to 30,000 years before present. After thousands of years of cultural development, emerged in the Mexican Mesoamerican territory, oasisamericanas aridoamericanas and cultures. After nearly 300 years of Spanish domination, Mexico began the struggle for political independence in 1810. Later, for nearly a century, the country was embroiled in a series of internal wars and foreign invasions that had repercussions in all areas of life of Mexicans. For much of the twentieth century (mainly the first half) a period of great economic growth in the context of a policy dominated by a single political party took place.

According to the World Tourism Organization, Mexico is the main tourist destination in Latin America and the most visited fifteenth world.18 This is due largely to the 32 natural and cultural sites that are considered by UNESCO as World Heritage, and in this sense the first on the continent and sixth in the world. In macroeconomic terms, gross domestic product (GDP) is the fourteenth and eleventh world economy by purchasing power parity (PPP); at regional level, is the second largest economy in Latin America and fourth in the continente.19 20 According to the report of Human Development 2013 "The Rise of the South" of the UN, has a high human development index of 0.775 units, and takes 61st place in the world, which has made great strides alongside countries such as Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand and South Africa, considered the fact that in 1980 had a human development index of 0.598 unidades.21 22 23 Mexico is also one of the countries with the greatest diversity of climates in the world, considered one of the 12 mega-diverse countries in the world, is home to 10-12% of the mundial24 biodiversity and is home to over 12,000 species endémicas.25