Mexico Start Counting Backward Doomsday - Dated December 21 2012 is still 52 weeks away. The date that is predicted by the Mayans will be a doomsday. Welcoming the day, in the southeastern region of Mexico which is the heart of the Mayan civilization plans to hold a party for a full year.
Mexico Tourism Board estimates that there will be 52 million tourists who will visit the region of Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Campeche during the next year, in fact, overall tourism of Mexico generally only about 22 million a year.
That's because the Mexican government to sell dated December 21, 2012 as the time of renewal. Dated December 21, 2012 referred to the Mayan as end of the world but archaeologists calls the date is the end of the cycle of 1300 year old calendar belong to the Maya.
"The world will not end. The date will only be the start of a new era," said Yeanet Zaldo, a spokesman for the tourism agency of the State of Quintana Roo. "For us, the date it is a hope."
Cities in the former territory of Mayan will start counting doomsday down on Wednesday (21/12). In Chiapas, located near the border with Guatemala, the countdown is done by setting up a digital clock as high as 2 meters in the city's main park.
