Arizona-Sonora Border Region

 

 

Mexican Visitors to Arizona:
Visitor Characteristics and Economic Impacts, 2007-08

 

 

"The results of this study, as in the past, demonstrate the economic importance of Mexican visitor spending to Arizona’s economy. An estimated 23,385 wage and salary jobs in Arizona at eating and drinking establishments, retail establishments and other spending-related sectors are directly attributable to Mexican visitor spending. Through local purchases of supplies by businesses and the spending of income derived from
visitor-related jobs, Mexican visitors generate 6,970 additional jobs in Arizona in 2007-08. These jobs account for a total income of $837 million and $3.61 billion in sales."

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Unique opportunities and challenges

The states of Arizona and Sonora share a 361-mile portion of the U.S.-Mexico international border, have a long tradition of cross-border economic ties, and are experiencing increasing economic integration under NAFTA. The focus of this program area is on research that informs policy-makers, entrepreneurs and the public on matters related to Arizona’s economic relationships with Sonora and Mexico. Areas of special interest include trade, commodity flows, border infrastructure, tourism, border crossings, crossborder shopping, Mexican maquiladora sector, and transboundary industry clusters. 

Arizona-Sonora Economic Region

Introduction
Population
Characteristics of Population by Age Group 2008
Arizona-Sonora Border Region Population
Arizona-Sonora Border Region Heritage
Arizona-Sonora Border Communities

Arizona-Sonora Border Economy

Economic Base Assessment
Maquiladora sector in Sonora, 1997-2007
Fresh Produce
Border Trade
Border Crossings
Commodity Flows

Southbound shipments
By Rail
By truck
By Commodities
By Port of Entry

Northbound shipments
By Rail
By truck
By Commodities
By Port of Entry

Trade Corridors
CANAMEX Corridor

Nogales Customs District – International Ports of Entry
Border Ports of Entry
Air Ports of Entry
Railroads
Pipeline

Highway
Traditional Financing
Innovative Financing

Articles

Trade Patterns at the Arizona-Sonora Border: Decline in Freight and Value of Commodities
Vera Pavlakovich Kochi, Ph.D. and Lora Mwaniki-Lyman

U.S. Recession Affects Remittances to Mexico
Lora Mwaniki-Lyman, Vera Pavlakovich-Koch, Ph.D., and Nguyen Ho

Research Publications

Arizona-Sonora Regional Economic Indicators: 2006 “Tracking progress Toward a Globally Competitive Regional Economy”
Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi and Jai Wong

Mexican Visitors to Arizona: Visitor Characteristics and Economic Impacts, 2007 – 2009
Vera Pavlakovich-Kochi, Ph.D. and Alberta H. Charney, Ph.D.

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