Mexico sets a record for foreign direct investment: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Foreign concern and tourism were among the topics President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke astir astatine her Thursday greeting property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Aug. 21 mañanera.

Record FDI successful archetypal fractional of 2025

Sheinbaum presented information from the Economy Ministry showing that Mexico received US $34.3 cardinal successful overseas nonstop concern (FDI) successful the archetypal six months of the year, up 10% from the aforesaid play of 2024.

She highlighted that the magnitude is simply a caller record, exceeding the erstwhile grounds acceptable successful the archetypal six months of 2024.

Sheinbaum besides pointed retired that the FDI full betwixt January and June is much than treble the overseas concern Mexico received successful the archetypal six months of 2017.

“Not adjacent tariffs could bring down the Mexican economy,” she said, referring to the assorted duties the United States imposed connected imports from Mexico successful the archetypal fractional of this year.

In the archetypal fractional of 2025, overseas concern successful Mexico was up 10% compared to past year. (Juan Carlos Buenrostro/Presidencia)

Sheinbaum: ‘A batch of Canadians are coming to Mexico’

A newsman noted that Mexico was the 2nd astir visited state successful the Americas successful 2024, lone down the United States.

He besides noted that planetary tourists are arriving successful “good” numbers truthful acold this year, and asked Sheinbaum her sentiment connected the matter.

“As [Tourism Minister] Josefina [Rodríguez] says, ‘Mexico is successful vogue,'” the president said.

“A batch of Canadians are coming to Mexico,” she said, adding that the maturation successful visitors from Canada exceeds that of immoderate different country.

Mexico aiming to go world’s 5th most-visited country 

Sheinbaum highlighted that Mexico is presently the world’s sixth most-visited country.

Mexico welcomed 45 cardinal planetary tourists successful 2024 to fertile sixth. The lone countries with much visitors past twelvemonth were France, Spain, the United States, Turkey and Italy.

Mexico was the world’s sixth most-visited state successful 2024, Sheinbaum said. (Juan Carlos Buenrostro/Presidencia)

Sheinbaum noted that Rodríguez, the national tourism minister, has acceptable a extremity for Mexico to go the 5th most-visited state successful the satellite by 2030.

Achieving the goal, the president said, volition necessitate “a precise large effort” during the existent six-year of government.

“There has to beryllium promotional work,” she added.

Government-owned edifice successful Calakmul is ‘full of Europeans,’ says Sheinbaum

Sheinbaum, who met with the president of Guatemala and the premier curate of Belize astatine the Calakmul archeological tract past week, said that the adjacent government-owned Maya Train edifice is “full of Europeans.”

She said that a batch of Italian and French tourists were staying astatine the edifice erstwhile she visited.

The government-owned edifice is beauteous and afloat of Europeans, President Sheinbaum said. (Grupo Mundo Maya)

“Llenísimo,” Sheinbaum said, utilizing a connection that means wholly full.

“And the edifice is gorgeous, precise beautiful. “Some [tourists] get connected the Maya Train, others get by car,” she said.

“From [the hotel] you tin spell connected a small Maya Train conveyance to the archeological site, which is besides thing spectacular,” Sheinbaum said.