The excellent figures confirm the growth path of tourism worldwide, and the leadership and global reach of FITUR, which has registered significant growth in all its parameters, practically equalling its all-time record figures
Mr Biden said he was giving her a "tough job" but that she was "the most qualified person to do it".
Taiwan, the United States, Japan and Guatemala hosted the first international forum under the Global Cooperation and Training Framework (GCTF) in Latin America and the Caribbean region on Wednesday, according to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT).
Mexico has sent hundreds of police to its southern border as a caravan of thousands of Central American migrants approaches from Guatemala. The caravan set off from northern Honduras last week.
At least 192 people are missing and 75 are dead as a result of the explosion of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala on Sunday, officials say.
Guatemala's most violent volcano eruption in more than a century has killed at least 25 people.
