For much of the 20th century, the beautiful port city of Acapulco has been a prime travel destination for foreigners and Mexicans alike. The city first achieved fame as a favoured holiday spot for such American celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra in the 1950s. The decades that followed brought a plethora of hotels and resorts catering to middle class travellers which turned Acapulco into a tourism boomtown.