Mayas and tourists in the Maya World Brown, Denise Fay In 1992, an agreement was signed by the governments of five Latin American countries: Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico, to join forces in the promotion of international tourism

In 1992, the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico signed an agreement to unite sponsorship of a large-scale tourist promotion in the Maya areas of their respective countries. These governments felt that tourist dollars were slipping away due to disjointed information about the Maya and noncoordinated infrastructure throughout the indigenous zones. For example, archaeological vestiges of the Classic Maya period are found in all five countries, but traveling from one site to the next is hindered by international boundaries. Consequently, the countries joined forces in a historical act of cooperation and collaboration to standardize and disseminate information on the Mundo Maya or "Maya World." This project was initiated in 1988 with the assistance of the European Economic Community. Presently, Mundo Maya is represented by the Organizacion Mundo Maya at the World Tourism Organization where the aims are stated as: "to promote the public and private sectors of the founding members countries, the development of tourism, culture and environment in the Mundo Maya region, to facilitate suitable mechanisms that allow for the effective marketing of tourism products in regional and international markets."'