The Guadalajara Reporter

Mexico tops with US travelers but Panama, Ecuador best places for expats

Mexico is by far the preferred destination of U.S. citizens traveling abroad but this country does not feature in the top five destinations for good-value living for expats around the world.

Figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Travel and Tourism Office this week show that U.S. residents made 20.3 million trips to Mexico in 2012, way ahead of the 11.9 million trips to Canada, the  2.5 million trips to the United Kingdom, 2.3 million to the Dominican Republic and two million to France.

And, according to the Canadian government, Mexico is the most popular travel destination for Canadians (after the United States) with 1.6 million visitors in 2012.   

At the same time, while more Americans expats are found in Mexico than anywhere else, Mexico ranks seventh in the 2014 International Living (IL) annual Global Retirement Index.

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