Last Friday, the Mexican Tourism Ministry (Sectur) announced new financing for the Magic Towns (Pueblos Mágicos) program, but this time with a little difference from previous funding. This time it is a competition given the fact that the money will be awarded to the sole entity within the program judged to be offering the best [...]

Gloria Guevara, Mexico’s Tourism Minister has announced financial aid to the country’s small and medium-sized travel agencies through the creation of a 300-million-peso credit line (around US$25.6mn), according to the Minister, benefitting around 4,000 companies. The monies for the credit lines will be provided by Mexico’s Economy Ministry (SE) and the government’s development bank: Nacional [...]

Another award has been given to the already famous Mayakoba project in Mexico’s Riviera Maya, in the south-eastern state of Quintana Roo. This time the praises are from the Rainforest Alliance, for its sustainable work regarding water treatment and energy-saving practices. In the words of Andres Pan de Soraluce, director general of OHL Development, the [...]

The latest statistics proportioned by Mexico’s Tourism Ministry show that private investment in the country’s tourism sector increased no less than 127% during the first quarter of 2011, compared with the same period in 2010. In total, the monies invested from January to March of this year amounted to US$903 mn, and the most popular [...]

Visitors to the DF, or even locals, can take advantage of the ‘intelligent maps,’ similar to GPS solutions, for getting to know what’s where and how to get there in the Mexican capital, Free! as a result of an alliance between Mexico City’s Tourism Ministry and Nokia. In a bid to save time and money [...]

Acapulco, host to the Tourism Tianguis for 36 years, has closed this edition of the Fair, probably for the last time for Acapulco, as the Mexican Tourism Minister, Gloria Guevara, announced that from now on the event will be itinerant. According to the Minister, next month the government will publish an official announcement to outline [...]

Mexico City’s Tourism Minister, Alejandro Rojas Díaz Durán (center), has invited amatuer and professional photographers to take part in the first photographic competition in Mexico City focussed on the tourism sector: ‘La Ciudad en Tu Mirada – The City Through Your Eyes.’ The idea behind this competition is to collect photographs of Mexico City’s tourism [...]

The latest tactic to be used by the Mexican capital, also known as the Distritito Federal or DF, to attract visitors to its touristic offering is the launch of an online, digital-TV service, which was presented to the public yesterday by Mexico City’s Tourism Minister, Alejandro Rojas Díaz Durán, accompanied by the Director General of [...]

The inauguration ceremony for Mexico’s latest Congress and Conventions Center was headed by the State Governor of Queretaro, José Calzada Rovirosa, on February 5th, in Santiago de Queretaro, the state capital, after investment by the Federal, State and local governments to the tune of 624 million pesos. Designed by *Teodoro González de León, the installations [...]

Mexico’s National Trust for Tourism Promotion (FONATUR) and the *Federation of Haciendas and Historic Hotels of Mexico have signed an agreement in benefit of the top-end hotel sector, which will see magnificent architectural gems incorporated into the ‘premium’ tourism niche in Mexico. FONATUR, created 36 years ago, will offer the private-sector Federation its long experience [...]