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Mexico City.- Mexican tourism officials are inviting travelers to the heart of Mayan country for a year-long countdown in 2012 to the end of the world.
The Mexican government expects 52 million tourists to visit the Mayan heartland in the southern states of Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, and Tabasco. The tourism office said in a communiqué that visitors will likely spend about 270 million pesos ($19.5 million) in the coming year.
On Dec. 21, 2012, the Maya calendar will come to the end of its current cycle, thus Wednesday marked the beginning of the countdown of the last year in the culture's long-term solar calendar. Many have interpreted this as a sign of the apocalypse. (Source: IBTRAVELER)