Merida's Key Facts
- Cradle of the ancient Mayan civilisation
- Host of 15% of Mexico’s manufacturing industry
- Handles a fifth of Mexico’s trade
- One of Mexico’s main food processing centres
- 21% of the GDP is generated by the hotel/restaurant industry
- Manufacturing is the fastest growing sector in the state
- Seafood constitutes 75% of the state’s exports
- 1,299,500 passengers were served by Mérida Airport during 2008
- 86,726 of these passengers are international
- Mérida handles 16,000 tonnes of cargo
- 20 destinations are served from Mérida
- Mérida has over 5,872 hotel rooms