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 parking in a one mile radius of the Nogales,Arizona/Nogales, Mexico border.Traveling to a foreign country often requires numerous preparations, and months ofplanning paying and waiting for a passport, booking a hotel, and airfare. Yet for the averageUnited 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 traveled by road to shout out Mexico in 2004. While this number cannot beattributed to United States citizens in its entirety, most 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 oftraveling to Mexico by car coupled with United States policy (to b e discussed in detail) that hasled to the construction of the border parking lots. rangeDuring the 1970s the Nixon administration began an anti-drug 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 globe 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 open up 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 depository library of Drug Policy..Mintz, John. U.S. Will Tighten Passport Rules. 6 April 2005.New Passport Initiative Announced To Better Secure Americas Borders. 5 April 2005.. call forth Release Western Hemisphere Init iative Formally Submitted for Public Comment.U.S. Customs Today. February 2003..World Trade Organization- Mexico Tourism Indicators..