Understanding Travel and Tourism Assignment 2022

Running head: UNDERSTANDING TRAVEL AND TOURISM
UNDERSTANDING TRAVEL AND TOURISM
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Rationale....................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion................................................................................................................................11
Reference..................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. It is located on the Valley of the Damned in
Mexico. The area it covers is around 1,485 sq. km. Mexico City have high altitude with
beautiful climate that attracts most of the tourists to visit during winter. It is 7,240 feet above
the sea level.
Rationale
This assignment focuses on the region of Mexico. The North region of Mexico have
Baja, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Nuevo Leon and
Tamaulipas. This paper highlights a brief understanding on travel and tourism in Mexico.
This paper will enable the historical events that shapes the Mexico region and its
development. It focuses on the sources that are available for employment and wealth of the
city. It also discusses about the social and political life of Mexican City. It describes the
transportation system in Mexico that attracts mass tourists to visit that place (Barkin 2013).
The type of accommodation they have for local and tourist people who stays for short
vacation. It clearly states some of the issues that are faced by the tourist industry of Mexico.
The issues are solved by proposing a tourist development strategy of that region that have an
immense impact on supply and demand system of that region. It considers some of the ethical
issues that impacts the cost and benefit of Mexico.
The North region of Mexico have Baja, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango,
Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. The North Region of Mexico is
spread to 2000 miles. It starts from Pacific coast of Baja California to the low lands of Gulf
of Mexico. The North Region have its cuisine reflects the enthusiastic and self-effacing
nature of ranch culture. The North Region is famous for its fabulous cooking techniques that

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attracts most of the tourists to try grilled beef of that region. The Region is famous for some
more popular dishes such as machaca, cabrito also called baby goat, arrachera also called
Fajitas. The Baja California is a sub- region in Mexico, which is considered as the oldest
district that produces wine and assures for quality varietals.
Historical events that shaped the region’s development
A great history from the cities of Maya to Aztecs, Mexico has risen as rich cultural
heritage from past 10,000 years. The timeline below shows some of the historical events that
shaped for development in Mexico-
Porfirio Diaz in 1910 took a picture with the great Aztec Calendar Stone at the National
Museum of Anthropology. The regime shows the indigenous past of patriotism and attracts
tourists.
Diego Rivera mural located in Aztec city have National Palace in Mexico City.
Tourism in Mexico have developed by establishment of Mexican republic. Some of
the writers such as John Lloyd Stephens and Edward B. Tylor are the main source to attract
large tourists to Mexico. Tourists are from United States, helped in forming direct railway
lines from Mexico to U.S border. The government was in peace where General Porfirio Diaz
governed the country as The President just after the civil war. The Mexico have inaugurated
the direct Pullman service that was available from U.S to Mexico in 1884. This helped in the
development of constructing suitable paths that were dangerous for the tourists in the past.
The Mexican Central Railway promoted more number of tourists into the country (Rojas
2014). The government running the tourism industry hired a professional photographer and
writers such as James W. Steel, who helped in promotional copy. The government have also
introduced some employment facility by employing some of the English- speaking translators
were appointed for the tourists to guide them effectively. In 1910, with the independence of