Mexico 22nd / 136

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2017 edition

Key Indicators Sources: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

International tourist arrivals 32,093,323 T&T industry GDP US $79,673.9 million

% of total 7.0%
International tourism inbound receipts US $17,733.7 million
T&T industry employment 3,768,030 jobs
Average receipts per arrival US $552.6 % of total 7.5%

Performance Overview Key Score Highest score

Pillar Rank/136 Pillar Rank/136

International Openness 53rd Price competitiveness 63rd

Prioritization of Travel & Tourism 30th Environmental sustainability 116th

ICT readiness 70th Air transport infrastructure 39th

Human resources and Ground and port

labour market 70th infrastructure 68th

Health and hygiene 72nd Tourist service

infrastructure 43rd

Safety and Natural resources 2nd

security 113rd
22nd
Mexico
Business Overall score 4.5 Cultural resources and
environment 96th business travel 10th

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Score 1-7 (best) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Mexico is one of the most-improved countries in the index, rising 8
positions to reach 22nd place in the global ranking as it continues to
close the gap with the regional leaders. The government's prioritization
of the T&T sector (30th) and the effective use of both natural (2nd) and
cultural (10th) resources have paid off. To continue enhancing its
competitiveness, however, Mexico should continue focusing on making
the country safer (113th). While the country has signicantly improved
security in tourist areas, there are large discrepancies around the
country, which may lead tourists not to select Mexico as a destination
due to security concerns related to crime and violence. Environmental
sustainability (116th) also requires more attention, as commitment to
international treaties has not kept up with progress internationally
(having signed only 22 of 32 of them), and a signicant share of the
local fauna species continues to be threatened (133rd). The new
challenge for Mexico will be to develop further, while preserving the
environment in some of its most famous destinations and increasing its
value proposition now that prices and wages are increasing.

Past performance

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Edition 2015 2017

Rank 30 / 141 22 / 136

Score 4.4 4.5

Mexico 22nd / 136

Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2017 edition

Index Component Rank/136 Score* Index Component Rank/136 Score*

Business environment 96 4.2 International Openness 53 3.7

Property rights 82 4.1 Visa requirements 0100 (best) 105 23.0

Business impact of rules on FDI 30 5.2 Openness of bilateral Air Service Agreements 038 (best) 36 14.0
Efciency of legal framework in settling disputes 111 2.9 Number of regional trade agreements in force number 40 26.0
Efciency of legal framework in challenging regs 102 3.0
Time required to deal with construction permits days 20 86 Price competitiveness 63 4.9

Cost to deal with construction permits % construction cost 122 9.8 Ticket taxes and airport charges 0100 (best) 89 64.8
Extent of market dominance 87 3.4 Hotel price index US$ 54 123.6
Time to start a business days 49 8.4 Purchasing power parity PPP $ 87 0.5
Cost to start a business % GNI per capita 100 17.8 Fuel price levels US$ cents/litre 41 102.0
Effect of taxation on incentives to work 90 3.7
Environmental sustainability 116 3.6
Effect of taxation on incentives to invest 87 3.4
Total tax rate % prots 115 52.0 Stringency of environmental regulations 71 4.0
Enforcement of environmental regulations 87 3.5
Safety and security 113 4.2 Sustainability of travel and tourism industry development 69 4.3
Business costs of crime and violence 128 2.7 Particulate matter (2.5) concentration g/m3 85 10.2
Reliability of police services 128 2.5 Environmental treaty ratication 027 (best) 54 22
Business costs of terrorism 90 4.8 Baseline water stress 50 (best) 104 3.7
Index of terrorism incidence 104 6.2 Threatened species % total species 133 19.0
Homicide rate /100,000 pop. 123 15.7 Forest cover change % change 61 0.0
Wastewater treatment % 50 39.7
Health and hygiene 72 5.3
Costal shelf shing pressure tonnes/km2 49 0.1
Physician density /1,000 pop 58 2.1
Access to improved sanitation % pop. 77 85.2 Air transport infrastructure 39 3.7
Access to improved drinking water % pop. 74 96.1 Quality of air transport infrastructure 61 4.6
Hospital beds /10,000 pop. 94 15.0 Available seat kilometres, domestic millions 10 884.1
HIV prevalence % adult pop. 1 0.2 Available seat kilometres, international millions 25 1226.7
Malaria incidence cases/100,000 pop. 83 0.4 Aircraft departures /1,000 pop. 64 3.8
Airport density airports/million pop. 103 0.6
Human resources and labour market 70 4.6
Number of operating airlines Number 30 69.0
Primary education enrollment rate net % 67 95.1
Secondary education enrollment rate gross % 75 90.5 Ground and port infrastructure 68 3.2
Extent of staff training 71 3.9 Quality of roads 57 4.3
Degree of customer orientation 54 4.9 Road density % total territorial area 88 -
Hiring and ring practices 89 3.5 Paved road density % total territorial area 82 -
Ease of nding skilled employees 55 4.4 Quality of railroad infrastructure 56 2.9
Ease of hiring foreign labour 40 4.3 Railroad density km of roads/land area 49 1.4
Pay and productivity 78 3.8 Quality of port infrastructure 57 4.4
Female participation in the labor force ratio to men 114 0.59 Ground transport efciency 70 3.5

ICT readiness 70 4.3

Tourist service infrastructure 43 4.7
ICT use for biz-to-biz transactions 53 4.9 Hotel rooms number/100 pop. 59 0.6
Internet use for biz-to-consumer transactions 69 4.5 Quality of tourism infrastructure 22 5.6
Internet users % pop. 65 57.4 Presence of major car rental companies 1 7
Fixed-broadband Internet subscriptions /100 pop. 65 11.6 Automated teller machines number/thoudand adult pop. 67 49.0
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions /100 pop. 112 86.0
Mobile-broadband subscriptions /100 pop. 74 50.8 Natural resources 2 5.6

Mobile network coverage % pop. 36 99.9 Number of World Heritage natural sites number of sites 8 7
Quality of electricity supply 67 4.9 Total known species number of species 9 1988
Total protected areas % total territorial area 85 12.9
Prioritization of Travel & Tourism 30 5.1
Natural tourism digital demand 0100 (best) 11 60
Government prioritization of travel and tourism industry 42 5.3 Attractiveness of natural assets 16 6.1
T&T government expenditure % government budget 38 4.8
Effectiveness of marketing and branding to attract tourists 34 5.0 Cultural resources and business travel 10 5.3

Comprehensiveness of annual T&T data 0120 (best) 43 77 Number of World Heritage cultural sites number of sites 6 28
Timeliness of providing monthly/quarterly T&T data 021 (best) 9 21.0 Oral and intangible cultural heritage number of expressions 16 9
Country brand strategy rating 110 (best) 77 73.6 Sports stadiums number of large stadiums 12 44.0
Number of international association meetings 3-year average 23 186.7
Cultural and entertainment tourism digital demand 0100 (best) 14 50

* Scores are on a 1-to-7 scale unless indicated otherwise. For detailed denitions, sources, and periods, consult the interactive Country/Economy Proles and Rankings at http://wef.ch/ttcr