Quetzalcóatl will represent Mexico in the world kite championship

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  1 According to the latest worldwide tourism surveys, Mexico has become the second most visited country, only behind France.

  2 For national economic development, tourism plays a fundamental role, since it currently represents more than 8 percent.

  3 The decision to use a 16-meter kite created by hand by residents of Puebla was revealed during the Volarte 2023 Festival,

  4 Quetzalcóatl will represent Mexico in the world kite championship, providing the best publicity to the country

  According to the latest worldwide tourism surveys, Mexico has become the second most visited country, only behind France.

• For national economic development, tourism plays a fundamental role, since it currently represents more than 8 percent.

• The decision to use a 16-meter kite created by hand by residents of Puebla was revealed during the Volarte 2023 Festival,

Worldwide, Mexico plays an important role in terms of culture, traditions and tourism, aspects that have placed it as one of the most important vacation and cultural centers, values ​​that will now be represented by the figure of Quetzalcóatl, who will be in charge to represent Mexico during the world kite championship.

Tourism has such an impact for Mexicans that The Secretary of Tourism of the Government of Mexico, Miguel Torruco Marqués, He pointed out that Mexico rose more than 50 places in the world tourism ranking, according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Mexico is among the ten most visited countries worldwide, specifically, within the second place, only below France, thanks to the little more than 31.9 million annual tourist visitors within the national territory.

according to dofficial data promoted by the Government of Mexico, the tourism GDP of Mexico, Before the health crisis, it represented 8.6 percent of the national economy, this in 2019, in 2021 this sector represented 7.1 percent and by 2022 it represented 8.3 percent, according to government estimates

Quetzalcóatl will represent Mexico in the world kite championship, providing the best publicity to the country

Fu during the celebrations of the Volarte 2023 Festival, which was held in the municipality of San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, which announced the kite that will represent Mexico during the next World Kite Contest, event to be held from April 14 to 17 in China, being the figure of Quetzalcoatl.

According to its creators, the kite is 116 meters long, because according to Federico Rojas, director of the Volarte Festival, the kite was made with 100 percent Mexican materials, since he assured that nothing was purchased from outside the country. In the same way, he pointed out that it is an artisan production, since it is in this way that his participation in the event that will take place in China requires it, so to verify its manufacture, the production process was documented in a video.

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