Mexico, Germany vow to promote tourism

Mexico and Germany pledged on Wednesday to promote bilateral tourism, air connectivity and the flow of visitors, Mexico's Ministry of Tourism said in a statement.

Mexico's Secretary of Tourism Massieu Salinas and Germany's State Secretary for Tourism Ernst Burgbacher agreed to establish a joint working group on tourism during their meeting in the German city of Frankfurt.

They also agreed to expand Germany's tourist destinations with larger sustainability in Mexico.

Massieu said Mexico aimed to have "more powerful relations with Germany" not only by making Mexico's destinations more sustainable but also by diversifying tourism on culture, business and conventions.

Burgbacher said the good and beautiful things in Mexico should be better known and appreciated by Germans.

Germany is the fourth largest tourism market in Europe for Mexico, behind Britain, Spain and France, according to the Integral System of Migratory Operation. The number of German visitors to Mexico in 2012 reached 172,841, an increase of 4.7 percent year-on-year.