The Daily Briefing – March 28, 2023

Puerto Vallarta News

Riviera Nayarit to receive Easter week with clean and certified beaches

The municipality of Baha de Banderas, Nayarit, is putting a lot of effort into attracting national tourism this spring break, which is expected to reach an occupancy rate of 85%, pointing to a successful pre-summer season.

Jorge Garcia, the director of Municipal Tourism, emphasized that the staff of this organization is putting a lot of effort into adding more certified beaches to the Riviera Nayarit. He emphasized that they must pay attention to any possible sources of contamination, showing how important it is for restaurants to have procedures in place to deal with them.

They also make sure that all the participating agencies have preventive signage. Another issue that needs to be addressed is water quality, which is tracked on a monthly basis.

With reporting by Alberto García from Tribuna de la Bahía

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Tianguis Turístico seeks to strengthen air connections between Vallarta and McAllen

This Monday, at the Tianguis Turístico México, several meetings were held with representatives of the McAllen, Texas International Airport to explore strategies to reestablish the flights that Aeromar used to offer and to strengthen joint work to promote tourism.

The Tianguis Turístico is the most important event in the Mexican tourism sector and a business forum where buyers and exhibitors meet in pre-arranged appointments. The 32 states of the Mexican Republic participate in this highly professional event, where Mexico promotes its wide variety of tourism products and consolidates its position as a tourist destination of excellence, both nationally and internationally. This year, the event will be held in Mexico City from March 26 to 29.

With reporting by Brenda Beltrán from Tribuna de la Bahía

Los Cabos News

Big yellowtail jacks caught in San Evaristo Fishing Tournament

The second edition of the San Evaristo Sport Fishing Tournament promises to be one of the favorites of the fishing community, in which children and adults enjoyed the shore fishing tournament held on the beautiful beach of this fishing community in the municipality of La Paz.

There were 8 teams that presented their catches on the scales. With two good yellowtail jacks that totaled 58.63 pounds, the team “La Pandilla” took the first place of this tournament with a prize of 32,800 pesos, followed by the team “Los Puntuales” with two specimens that totaled 58.49 pounds and a prize of 19,700 pesos; the third place was for the team “Los Mentiritas”, with a sum of 52.94 pounds of their two pieces, getting a prize of 13,150 pesos.

With reporting by Jorge Gómez from Tribuna de Los Cabos

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Baja California Sur to hold over than 300 business meetings to be held in BCS during Tianguis Turístico

Officials and tourists from Baja California Sur are expected to attend approximately 300 business meetings where the Los Cabos Tourist Board (Fiturca), the La Paz Tourist Board (Fitupaz) and the State Tourist Board (Fitues) will seek to attract more visitors to the main tourist destinations of Baja California Sur.

Among the announcements to be made during the event is the new direct flight between the magical city of Loreto and Guadalajara, hoping to increase the connectivity of Baja California Sur with the rest of the country.

According to the Mexican touism authorities, the Tianguis Turístico will be attended by the 32 states of the country, some 685 companies from 70 countries and 1,097 exhibitors.

With reporting by Luis Castrejón from Tribuna de Los Cabos

Cancun News

Cancun tourist tax used to install 1,000 surveillance cameras

A portion of the money coming in from the Cancun tourist tax is being used to install 1,000 surveillance cameras throughout the city. This is in addition to the 200 cameras that were already installed.

All visitors to Cancun that stay in a hotel, a timeshare hotel, or various other types of accommodations have to pay the Environmental Sanitation Tax.

This is not a per-room charge but a per-person charge that is added to guests’ hotel bills.

It was first introduced in February 2022 and charged at a rate of approximately 28 Mexican pesos, or $1.40 USD, per night.

Funds are contributed to things like infrastructure, beach cleanup, sargassum removal, and, as in this case, security.

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 Real estate company files lawsuit against the City of Cozumel

A real estate company has filed a lawsuit against the municipality of Cozumel for failing to deliver a water area. The suit was filed last week by Inversiones Turísticas del Caribe S.A.P.I S.A. de C.V. against the municipality for failing to deliver a marina area called La Caleta.

In March of 2011, the company had allegedly signed an agreement with Fonatur for the property that was supposed to be used to build a yacht club. The agreed upon area was just over 14,000 square meters of land and 20,700 square meters of water area that was to become part of a hotel complex.

However the company that owns the Presidente hotel where the marina was supposed to be built says they did not receive the land to build the yacht club as agreed due to objections by local residents and fishermen.

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