Editing Latin America (section)

==Tourism==
{{Main|Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean}}
[[File:Cancun aerial photo by safa.jpg|thumbnail|right|Aerial view of [[Cancún]]. Mexico is the most visited country in Latin America and 6th in the world.]]
Income from tourism is key to the economy of several Latin American countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=984876|title=El turismo en América Latina y el Caribe y la experiencia del BID|trans-title=Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean and the experience of the IDB|work=Ingresos directos por turismo internacional|publisher=Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)|first=Carmen|last=Altés|access-date=May 3, 2009|archive-date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118124254/http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=984876|url-status=live}}</ref> Mexico is the only Latin American country to be ranked in the top 10 worldwide in the number of tourist visits. It received by far the largest number of international tourists, with 39.3 million visitors in 2017, followed by Argentina, with 6.7 million; then Brazil, with 6.6 million; Chile, with 6.5 million; Dominican Republic, with 6.2 million; Cuba with 4.3 million; Peru and Colombia with 4.0 million. The [[World Tourism Organization]] reports the following destinations as the top six tourism earners for the year 2017: Mexico, with US$21,333 million; the Dominican Republic, with US$7,178 million; Brazil, with US$6,024 million; Colombia, with US$4,773 million; Argentina, with US$4,687 million; and Panama, with US$4,258 million.<ref name="WTO Tourism Highlights 2018 Edition">{{cite book|url=https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284419876|title=UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2018 Edition|year=2018|publisher=World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)|doi=10.18111/9789284419876|isbn=9789284419876|s2cid=240334031|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926073837/https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284419876|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Fitz Roy 1.jpg|thumb|[[Fitz Roy|Monte Fitz Roy]], [[Patagonia|Argentine Patagonia]]]]
Places such as [[Cancún]], [[Riviera Maya]], [[Chichen Itza]], [[Cabo San Lucas]], Mexico City, [[Acapulco]], [[Puerto Vallarta]], [[Guanajuato City]], [[San Miguel de Allende]], [[Guadalajara]] in Mexico, [[Punta Cana]], [[Santo Domingo]] in Dominican Republic, [[Punta del Este]] in Uruguay, [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] in Puerto Rico, Panama City in Panama, [[Poás Volcano National Park]] in Costa Rica, [[Viña del Mar]] in Chile, [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Florianópolis]], [[Iguazu Falls]], [[São Paulo]], [[Armação dos Búzios]], [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador]], [[Bombinhas]], [[Angra dos Reis]], [[Balneário Camboriú]], [[Paraty]], [[Ipojuca]], [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], [[Cairu]], [[Fortaleza]] and [[Itapema]] in Brazil;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.br/turismo/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/acoes-e-programas/observatorio/anuario-estatistico/anuario-estatistico-de-turismo-2021-ano-base-2020/anuario-estatistico-de-turismo-2021-ano-base-2020_divulgacao-compactado.pdf|title=ANUÁRIO ESTATÍSTICO DE TURISMO 2021 BRASIL|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001141952/https://www.gov.br/turismo/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/acoes-e-programas/observatorio/anuario-estatistico/anuario-estatistico-de-turismo-2021-ano-base-2020/anuario-estatistico-de-turismo-2021-ano-base-2020_divulgacao-compactado.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Buenos Aires]], [[Bariloche]], [[Salta]], [[Jujuy]], [[Perito Moreno Glacier]], [[Valdes Peninsula]], [[Jesuit missions among the Guaraní#Jesuit reductions by country|Guarani Jesuit Missions in the cities of Misiones and Corrientes]], [[Ischigualasto Provincial Park]], [[Ushuaia]] and [[Patagonia]] in Argentina;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldestapeweb.com/turismo/turismo/los-10-destinos-mas-visitados-de-argentina-segun-los-portales-de-turismo-2021121014100|title=Los 10 destinos más visitados de Argentina según los portales de turismo|first=El|last=Destape|date=December 10, 2021|website=www.eldestapeweb.com|access-date=October 1, 2022|archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001141952/https://www.eldestapeweb.com/turismo/turismo/los-10-destinos-mas-visitados-de-argentina-segun-los-portales-de-turismo-2021121014100|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Isla Margarita]], [[Angel Falls]],  [[Los Roques archipelago]], [[Gran Sabana]] in Venezuela; [[Machu Picchu]],  [[Lima]], [[Nazca Lines]], [[Cuzco]] in Peru; [[Lake Titicaca]], [[Salar de Uyuni]], [[La Paz]], [[Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos]] in Bolivia; [[Tayrona National Natural Park]], [[Santa Marta, Colombia|Santa Marta]], [[Bogotá]], [[Cali]], [[Medellín]], [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]], [[San Andrés (island)|San Andrés]] in Colombia, and the [[Galápagos Islands]] in Ecuador. are popular among international visitors in the region.