ARIZONA & MEXICO

Table 3: Origin of visitors by place of residence
Table 3. Origin of visitors by place of residence, 2007-08
State in Mexico Percent of visitor parties
Baja California 0.89
Sinaloa 0.1
Sonora 98.91
Other 0.1
Sum 100
City in Mexico Percent of visitor parties
Agua Prieta 13.37
Caborca 0.15
Cananea 0.93
Cibuta 0.62
Cumpas 0.76
Esqueda 0.18
Guaymas 0.3
Hermosillo 1.32
Imuris 1.56
Magdalena 2.45
Mexicali 0.61
Naco 3.11
Nogales 46.9
Puerto Penasco 0.08
San Luis RC 24.1
Santa Ana 0.76
Sasabe 0.17
Sonoita 1.19
Other 1.44
SUM 100
Source: Source: Pavlakovich-Kochi and Charney, and Charney, 2008, Table 2008, 19. Table 19.
The most popular shopping destinations in the state were three Arizona Malls: the Arizona Mills Mall in
Tempe, the Tucson Mall and Park Mall in Metro Tucson. Among non-mall stores, Wal-Mart was the most
popular in every destination county. Casinos in both Tucson and Phoenix were the most popular attraction
visited, followed by the Zoos.
HISTORICAL TRENDS – A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 2001 AND 2007-08 STUDIES
Visitor volume at U.S.-Mexico border ports grew from 22.91 million non-U.S. citizen crossings in 2001 to
24.02 million in 2007-08, a 4.92 percent increase. Air passengers from Mexico arriving in Arizona through
Phoenix and Tucson airports increased 33.5 percent, from 15,075 passengers in 2001 to 20,126 in 2007-
08. 2 The overall party size decreased from 2.2 to 1.8, which contributed significantly to the growth in the
number of parties. The 4.92 percent increase in volume, combined with the smaller party size, resulted
in an increase of 28.37 percent in the number of parties.
2
Charney, Alberta H and Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, The Economic Impact of Mexican Visitors to Arizona, 2001,
https://ebr.eller.arizona.edu/research/MexicanVisitors.pdf
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