ABOUT NUEVO PROGRESO, TAMAULIPAS México

Thousands of Texans every year regularly make the crossing for dental care and shopping trips. Leather goods, hand crafts, pottery and jewelry, all sorts of everyday items from vanilla to liquor and cigarettes to clothes and furniture. In common with other towns along the US-México border, healthcare is a booming industry here.

March 21st is Tourist Day and was started by Rafael Garcia and his wife, Leopoldo Cavazos and Mr. Castillo. That tradition started 44 years ago and now every year tourists are honored by the whole town.