Mexico Start Counting Backward Doomsday

MEXICO CITY : On December 21, 2012 is still 52 weeks away. That date is the date that the Mayans predicted 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 wisatan to Meskiko 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 as the Mayan end of the world but archaeologists call date is the end of the cycle of the calendar 1300 year old tablets 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 doomsday countdown will start 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.

In Izapa archaeological sites are located near Chiapas, Mayan priests began to burn incense and pray.

In the tropical forests of Quintana Roo is located between Cancun and Playa del Carmen, the people putting messages and images into a time capsule is scheduled to be buried for 50 years.

In the state of Yucatan Maya will be established Museum of Merida. (AP/OL-12)

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