The general manager of TAG, Jonathan Layton, said the airline will offer air packages from Cancun to Flores, Petén and therefore increase tourism by 17% in Guatemala.
The executive said that the package contains a daily trip to the Mayan corridor, which consists of visiting Cancun and Palenque in Mexico, Flores, Petén, where the transfer of tourists to El Mirador and Tikal is included, according to PrensaLibre.com.
"We want to be visible to the world, so we need to take advantage of the magnitude of the Mayan culture, which the country has and with the change of era [in the Mayan Calendar] we are looking to attract more tourists who come to the beaches of Mexico. Since the impact of supporting tourism is something that the multiplies", said the office manager Javier Arango, according to the website.
Source: siglo21.com.gt
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April 2012
Guatemala and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo are to establish air links to boost tourist visits near the end of one of the cycles of the Mayan calendar.
The two sides will cooperate to build on and enhance the flow of tourists in December to celebrate this year's the 13th Baktun, one cycle of the Mayan calendar, which has been associated in the popular culture of the early twenty-first century with momentous events .
February 2011
Over the past four years, visitors to the second tourist destination of the country have decreased 44%.
Businessmen and officials attribute the drop in visitors to several factors, low air transport to the area (Petén), prohibition of passengers from Mexico and security problems.
May 2011
From 12 November, the German airline will have scheduled flights every two weeks to the province of Guanacaste.
The flight from Dusseldorf, Germany, will go to Daniel Oduber International Airport, stopping in Cancun, Mexico.
"The Minister of Tourism, Allan Flores, said in a statement that this achievement is the result of negotiations held last March at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin." noted an article in Elfinancierocr.com.
March 2012
The Mexican airline will fly three times per week from June 29th.
Sergio Allard, chief merchandising officer for Aeromexico, announced that his company will open a new route, flying from San Jose, Costa Rica, to Cancun, Mexico. The first flight will be on 29th June this year.
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