Authorities and businessmen from the sector began the most important tourism fair in Latin America in its 48th edition in Acapulco, Guerrero. The Tianguis Turístico México will run until April 12 in an Acapulco reborn and strengthened after the passage of Hurricane Otis, with the participation of 1,337 buyers from 787 companies, as well as the presence of 43 countries, including Mexico. Also noteworthy is the presence of 1,441 exhibitors from 852 companies and 32 states.
The program of the great tourist festival in Mexico includes 97 pavilions, of which 65 are corporate and 32 are from the country's states, it also has areas for business meetings, keynote conferences, workshops, panels, gastronomy, craft exhibitions, and much more.
As part of the organization of the Mexico 2024 Tourist Market, authorities from the three levels of government and representatives of the business sector held a working meeting where advances in security, as well as logistics and transportation, were presented.
Headed by the Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marqués; the Secretary of Tourism of Guerrero, Santos Ramírez Cuevas, representing the state governor, Evelyn Salgado Pineda; and the mayor of Acapulco, Abelina López Rodríguez; The coordinated work was highlighted so that the realization of this event is orderly, through prevention and established protocols.
Miguel Torruco celebrated that Mexico is in sixth place in foreign investment:
Within the framework of the 54 Ordinary Assembly of the Union of Secretaries of Tourism of Mexico AC (Asetur), Miguel Torruco Marqués, Secretary of Tourism of Mexico, in his speech, commented that according to data from the World Tourism Organization, Mexico It moved to sixth place in terms of foreign direct investment.
“In foreign direct investment there has also been a great effort and we have already moved into sixth position in large investment projects according to the latest information from the World Tourism Organization,” he said.
Part of this, he says, is the result of the Tianguis Turístico 2024, which is taking place in Acapulco, Guerrero.
“I am very happy that this Tianguis is on the right track, it seemed very difficult at the beginning, but the strength of all the people of Acapulco, Guerrero and the efforts of the private sector have been fundamental, especially the coordination of the three levels of government,” he stressed.
He added that within the statistics is Mexico's positioning in terms of foreign currency, as well as per capita spending.
“We have worked hard to break the loss of positioning in the international arena that was being suffered in 2018, in terms of foreign exchange, which is how the tourist potential of a nation is measured, we were in very distant 17th place and in per capita spending 40, today we are at tenth and at 28, we will continue working,” he exclaimed.
Source: Tianguis Turístico México / Sectur.