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VACATION INDUSTRY REVIEW
THE WESTIN LOS CABOS RESORT VILLAS & SPA
MARKE SP TLIGHT
BEYOND THE BEACH
Mexico’s
STRATEGIC
PATH TO
growth
BY JOYCE HADLEY COPELAND
It was a brilliant move.
Creating
a Nat ional Trust Fund for Tour ism
Development (FONATUR) in 1974 allowed
Mexico to cherry-pick broad swaths
of undeveloped coastline and attract
domes t i c and f ore i gn i nves tment
necessary to transform them, Cinderella
style, into some of the world’s most
sought-after luxury resorts.
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CHICHEN ITZA, YUCATÁN
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