Mexico is one of the most advanced of all Latin American nations and having number of travel destinations. Mexico’s beautiful beaches, vast deserts, snow capped volcanoes, ancient ruins and resorts attractcts travelers all around the world. Mexico is an experience that offers a multitude of cultures, cuisines, environments, handicrafts, art and history. Great cultures and empires, among them the Olmec, the Maya and the Aztecs, flourished here centuries ago. Their direct descendants over 50 peoples, each with their own language retain their distinct identities amid the country's mestizo (mixed blood) majority, and maintain diverse ancient traditions despite the country's ongoing modernization. Opportunities for active tourism in Mexico are increasing all the time, thanks to the desire of more and more Mexicans and foreigners to do more with their free time than just lie on beaches, sightsee, eat, whale watching and drink. Baja California is one of the best whale watching venues in the world.

Ecotourism has been a buzz word in Mexico for a few years. Some cynical opportunists use it to describe mass tourism activities that threaten to destroy the very nature they feed off. One thinks, for instance, of some of the goings on along the so called 'Maya Riviera' south of Cancun. By contrast, visitors who want to experience Mexico's natural wonders in a more harmonious and sensitive manner will find enthusiastic help available from a good number of smaller scale operators and organizations including some run by local communities themselves. If you use such local services, the income you provide may well be helping to conserve ecosystems that would otherwise be threatened by less sustainable modes of extra ding a livelihood. Ecotourism has been a buzz word in Mexico for a few years. Some cynical opportunists use it to describe mass tourism activities that threaten to destroy the very nature they feed off. One thinks, for instance, of some of the goings on along the so called 'Maya Riviera' south of Cancun. By contrast, visitors who want to experience Mexico's natural wonders in a more harmonious and sensitive manner will find enthusiastic help available from a good number of smaller scale operators and organizations including some run by local communities themselves. If you use such local services, the income you provide may well be helping to conserve ecosystems that would otherwise be threatened by less sustainable modes of extra ding a livelihood.

All large and many smaller cities in Mexico have passenger airports. Aeromexico and Mexicana are the country's two largest airlines. There are also numerous smaller ones, often flying routines between provincial cities that the big two don't bother with. These airlines include Aero California (serving Mexico City and northern and western Mexico, including Baja California), Aerocaribe and Aerocozumel (Mexico City, The Gulf Coast, the South and South east),Aerolineas Internacionales(Mexico City,Central and northern Mexico), Aerolitoral (Central highlands, Western and northern Mexico, Baja California), Aeromar(Mexico City, Westeern Mexico, Monterrey), Aviacsa (Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tijuana,. Oaxaca, Southeast Mexico) and TAESA(serving 18 cities around the country). Most of these airlines will be included in travel agents computerized reservation system in Mexico and abroad, but you may find it impossible to get information on smaller airlines until you reach a city served by them. Aerolitoral and Aeromar are feeder airlines for Aeromexico and normally share its ticket offices and booking netrworks. A similar arrangement exists between Aerocaribe, Aerocozumel and Mexicana.

One of the few trains that still run, most do so only because the government hasn’t yet sold off the railroads on which they run. These trains are still operated by the government railroad company, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico. They are one-class only, offering a seat but no air-conditioning, food drinks or sleeper cars. One exception is the comfortable touristic Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacifico, known in the English as the Copper Canon Railway, now under private ownership which is still makes its spectacular daily journeys through the Sierra Madre Occidential between Chihuahua and Los Mochis.

With the exception of Baja California, bicycling is not a common way to tour Mexico. The size of the country, reports of highway robbery, poor road surfaces and road hazards (see road conditions under Car & Motorcycle above) are deterrents. However, this method of getting around Mexico is certainly not impossible if you’re prepared for the challenges. You should be very fit, use the best of handle your own repairs. Take the mountainous topography and hot climate into account when planning your route.

Taking a guided tour can be an easy to get a quick introduction to big cities such as Mexico City, Guadalajara or Monterrey. Tours are sometimes the most practical method of visiting remote natural attractions and other areas where public transportation isn’t the greatest places such as the Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon) or the Cuatrocienegas desert lagoons in the north; the lagunas de Chacahua (Oaxaca); the Reserva de laBiosfera Sian Ka and some archaeological sites on the Yucatan peninsula; and Laguna Miramar, the waterfalls near palenque, or the Bonumpak and Yaxchilan ruins (Chiapas). The vast majority of tourists to Mexico come from the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, from Europe and Asia. There is also a burgeoning domestic tourism trade as a growing affluent middle class begins to vacation within their own country (and abroad as well). A small number of tourists also come from other Latin American nations.