An Analysis of the Market Structure of the Tourist Parking Lots in Noga

An Analysis of the Market Structure of the Tourist Parking Lots in Nogales, ArizonaIntroductionThis paper focuses on the market for daily lay in a one mile radius of the Nogales,Arizona/Nogales, Mexico border. pilgrimage to a foreign country often requires numerous preparations, and months ofplanning remunerative and waiting for a passport, booking a hotel, and airfare. Yet for the average unite States citizen, the proximity to Mexico provides a convenient and cost-effectiveopportunity for international travel by car. According to the World Tourism Organization, some11.7 million tourists travelled by road to visit Mexico in 2004. While this number cannot beattributed to United States citizens in its entirety, approximately 94% of total tourism in Mexicois comprised of United States citizens (World Tourism Organization). Out of this number,approximately 72,139 tourists were considered day visitors. It is this high popularity of traveling to Mexico by car coupled with United States policy (to be discussed in detail) that hasled to the construction of the border parking lots.BackgroundDuring the 1970s the Nixon presidential term began an anti-do drugs campaign thatcame to be known as the war on drug abuse era. The crackdown of the importation of illegalsubstances into the United States gave birth to the creation of the drug EnforcementAdministration (DEA). The DEA enabled more efficient searches to take place especially alongthe border of Mexico and the United States. It was during this time that the Canine EnforcementTraining Center was conventional in Washington D.C. (U.S. Customs Today) and the use of thecanine came into play as officers came to rely on skilled dogs and their handlers to detect ... ...quirements and Beefed-Up Border. 1 may2005. .Keel, Robert. Schaffer Library of Drug Policy..Mintz, John. U.S. Will Tighten Passport Rules. 6 April 2005. youthful Passport Initiative Announced To Better Secure Americas Borders. 5 April 2005..Press Release We stern Hemisphere Initiative officially Submitted for Public Comment.U.S. Customs Today. February 2003..World Trade Organization- Mexico Tourism Indicators..