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:: HONEYMOONING IN MEXICO

Date: 12/07/2009

Over 120 wedding planners, from The United States, Mexico & Canada, participated in “Love Mexico” the only event specialized in promoting Mexico as a romantic and wedding destination which was organized by Mexico Wed along with the support of Riviera Maya’s Commerce Chamber and Mexico’s Tourism Board.

 

Among the exposers, all mexican, they offered the best in services in Riviera Maya related to the wedding and romance industry. During this peculiar forum, conferences were offered by professionals in this matter.

 

:: STRENGTHENING TOURISM IN MEXICO

Date: 12/04/2009

Under the name “Strengthening Tourism in Mexico”, the National Chamber of Tourism and Service Chamber Confederation, CONCANACO SERVYTUR, will gather various personalities from the National Tourism Industry.

 

Mexico’s Tourism Board, MTB, along with other government institutions and the private sector, will join efforts in making this event, National Convention which will take place on December 8th & 9th in Mexico City’s Nikko Hotel, a great success.

 

At said Convention, personalities such as National Minister of Tourism, Rodolfo Elizondo, MTB Director, Oscar Fitch, along with congressmen and state tourism representatives as well as leading personalities in this matter will participate in this event.

 

:: “PUEBLA CAPITAL”, THE NEW MEXICAN TRADEMARK

Date: 12/3/2009
On Tuesday, December 1st, the state of Puebla’s municipal authorities presented, before members of the press, the new tourism trademark “Puebla Capital” with the objective of positioning the destination as an excellent tourism entity for national and international visitors.

 

This tourism impulse will be obtained thru actions in bettering the capitals’ services and products. The city, considered as part of the World Heritage Program, with its’ cultural and gastronomical richness, will increase its’ visitor fluency in record time.

 

:: REGATA MEXICO CUP, 2010’s EMBLEMATIC EVENT

Date: 12/2/2009
As part of the Bicentennial celebrations,  The Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR),  Mexico’s Tourism Board & the state of Nayarit’s Government  have joined forces so this entity will be host to the Regata Mexico Cup to take place on February 27th – March 13th 2010. This will be a Bicentennial emblematic sporting event.

 

 With the participation of SECTUR’s leader, Rodolfo Elizondo, Ney Gonzalez, Nayarit’s Governor, Oscar Fitch, MTB’s CEO, some of the details pertaining to the international competition, with which officials are looking to position the country as a national & international tourism & sporting pole, were given out.

 

 

:: NATIONAL SILVER FAIR TO BE CELEBRATED IN TAXCO, GUERRERO]

Date: 12/1/2009
Among the cultural, sport and entertainment activities will make up, with great success, the 72° Edition of Taxco de Alarcon in Guerrero, National Silver Fair which starts on November 28th and ends on December 5th.

 

In a joint effort with the Local Tourism Municipalitu and the local government, a series of recreative activities have been thought up for visitors to this years’  Silver Fair in a place recognized globally for its’ work  and artistry with this material which stands as a symbol  of the destination and the state of Guerrero.

 

:: ACAPULCO PRESENT IN NEW YORK
Date: 11/30/2009
Acapulco and Mexico’s Tourism Board will host the press conference, in the City of New York,  The New Acapulco” before members of the media and the United States Travel Agencies. This “New Acapulco” highlights the new hotel complex and the projects that are underway and have expanded the city and which keeps attracting millions of national and international visitors.
The MTB’s New York Office along with the Acapulco Promotion Ministry hosted the destination’s seminar and exhibit which concluded with a dinner for the travel agents who atended this event.

 
:: SCHOLARS & MTB WORKING CLOSE TOGETHER

Date: 11/27/2009
In a joint effort the Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR), The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), PROMEXICO & Mexico’s Tourism Board (MTB)  a group of scholars had the chance to interact and obtain information firsthand on the work on promoting our country internationally  in these organisms.
Thru SRE’s International Economical Promotion Executive Direction Offices, the scholars of the Consular – Diplomatic branch reinforced the work being done in promoting exportations, attracting international investments and promoting the country’s tourism offers as well as commercial and economic promotion.

 

:: VII NATIONAL CHILDREN’S TOURISM CULTURE CONTEST WINNERS

Date: 11/23/09
Federal Tourism Minister, Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, lead the awards ceremony of the VII edition of the National Children’s Tourism Culture Contest, a forum which promotes the participation of children between the ages of 6 and 13 years of age to demonstrate the importance of touristic activities in the develompment of Mexico’s economic  and social matters thru paintings.

 
Contestants have addressed different topics during this edition, of which the following have stood out: conservation of our national heritage, architecture, traditional celebrations, hospitality, destination maintenance, quality in services, food which demonstrates how aware children are of the enormous impact that this activity has on them, their families and where they’re from.

 

SECTUR’s holder recognized the children’s work and his trust in tourist attraction Mexico  has, by expanding the theme “Tourism for Better Living” and by recognizing participants on this subject, he highlightes that the objective is to generate more consciousness around the benefits of tourism for their communities among Mexico’s youth helping this area become stronger and respectful of their environment and natural resources.

 

:: MEXICO PRESENT AT FIT ARGENTINA WITH GREAT SUCCESS

Date: 11/20/2009
With a pavillion framed with fabulous images of our national destinations and a total of 55 exhibitors, tourism offer in our country was presented to thousands of visitors that congregated at the International Tourism Fair (FIT) Latin America, that took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fort he XIV Edition of FIT, Mexico was represented with an institutional stand of over 400 meters, with various participations, that attracted visitors’ attention with impressive and colorfull images of the sites our country has to offer to the tourism market.

FIT had around 80,000 attendees of which 30,000 are professionals of the sector such as: tour operators, travel agencies and meeting planners which indicates that FIT is an excellent display for promoting Mexico in the rest of Latin America as well as the world.

 

:: ELIZONDO INAUGURATES THE VII NATIONAL TRAVEL AGENCY CONGRESS

Date: 11/19/2009
Minister of Tourism, Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, inaugurated the VII National Travel Agents Congress where he recognized their input with mexican touristic activities in this sector as well as their capacity to front the past few months which have been very difficult for the country in these aspects.

Alongside Gregorio Belfer, President of the  National Travel Agents Cofederation, President of the National Industry Board (CNET), Ernesto Coppel Kelly & the President of the National Restaurant & Condimented Foods Chamber  (CANIRAC), Francisco Mijares Noriega, head of SECTUR called to double the efforts so 2010 will not be a year of market recovery but of an increase in visitor entries and foreign exchange earnings.

 

 

:: THE CONGRESS INDUSTRY IN TRAINING
Date: 11/ 18 /09

Congress and Meeting tourism, one of the market segments the MTB supports, will gather from today ‘til November 20th in the Second Mexico – Northamerica Meeting taking place in Puerto Vallarta where members of the national tourism industry in order to train to be more competitive and give better service to the Congress Tourism Sector (groups, conventions and incentives).

 

During two days, 15 outstanding members of PCMA (Profesional Convention Management Association) made up by members from  Meeting Planners, CEO’s DMC’s of Northamerica will provide capacitation in congress, conventions, motivational trips and exhibition matter to the directors of the most relevant associations of our industry among them SITE, MPI, ANDOC, AMPROFEC, AMEREF,
Tourism Ministries, Convention & Group Offices from different destinations in Mexico, Convention & Congress organizers and other local service providers of the matter.

 

 

:: MEXICO IN SINGAPORE

Date: 11/17/2009

Singapore’s Museum of Art will be host, for the following months, to the artshow “The Road to Modernity  which consists of a series of works by artists born between the end of the XIX Century and beginning of the XX Century, but were consolidated as painters when Mexico was headed to modernity, in the years previous to the Mexican Revolution in 1910.

 

Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s wife, Margarita Zavala, was present at the inauguration who said “The exhibition ‘The Road to Modernity ‘ is made up of mexican painters which we admire and are very proud to have represent our cultural identity:  Saturnino Herrán, Francisco Goitia, Angel Zarraga, Frida Kahlo, Maria Izquierdo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros & José Clemente Orozco, among others.

 

Mexico’s First Lady thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mexico’s Embassy in Singapore, and  the Ministry of Culture and Arts thru the Fine Arts Institute as well as the private collectors who made the exhibition possible.

 

::Underwater Museum is inaugurated

Date: 11/16/09

The Underwater Museum, name which was given to this project, which, besides attracting thousands of visitors, will help with the conservation of coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea, has opened to the public.

 

Located in the National Park of the West Coast of Isla Mujeres, in Cancun, in the last phase, the museum will house around 450 sculptures that will be submerged to different depths and which will be located near the natural reefs and marine life to create a natural habitat that preserves the reefs.

 

The sculptures were made in life-like sizes, like the Mayan warriors, the fisherman of hopes, among others. The museum’s opening will help attract a larger number of tourists that visit and enjoy our natural beauties with an artistic touch.

 

 

::Costa Lora is the new CIP operated by FONATUR

Date: 11/13/2009

The first Integrally Planned Center (CIP) in the Gulf of Mexico is Costa Lora, which will be located in the municipality of Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas.  This joint project will be executed between the Federal Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) and the National Trust Fund for Tourism (FONATUR).

The objective of the CIP will be to promote market segments such as: residential and vacation homes, lodging, nautical, golf, health, alternative tourism, among others, with the Gulf of Mexico and the Laguna Madre as the setting.

This tourist destination, between hotels and residential homes, will have an accommodation capacity of approximately 20,000 rooms. Due it its excellent road and airport access, with a fully operational runway and the national airport of Ciudad Victoria, the new “CIP Costa Lora” will be marketed to the international tourism segment of the United States’ southern states (New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana); and nationally for the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and San Luis Potosi.

 

 

::Meetings Tourism to be consolidated

Date: 11/12/2009

Tomorrow the International Mazatlan Center (MIC) will be inaugurated in Sinaloa.  This enclosed center will have a capacity for 4,500 people, with a surface area of 24.71 acres; it is a place that adjusts to the parameters of congresses, conventions, exhibitions, and all types of fairs, such as social and corporate events.

Its multi-functionality will convert it into the location for hundreds of local and international events, along with the privilege of being in the New Mazatlan.  For its inauguration, it already counts with two worldwide recognitions, the first by the Guinness Record for having the largest mural constructed by one solo artist, as well as the international architecture award from the International Academy of Architecture located in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

 

:: TOURISM REMAINS STABLE IN TABASCO

Date: November 11, 2009
Tabasco continues receiving tourists with open arms as tourism flows continually. Hotels, Restaurants and other service providers continue working steadily in coordination with the state’s authority.

Despite the weather phenomena that has hit the state, especially the región of Chontalpa, whereas the Capitol is in perfect meteological conditions to receive passengers. Villahermosa’s International Airport continues it’s regular activities without delays.

 

:: MONTERREY – SALTILLO HIGHWAY OPENED

Date: November  11, 2009
President Felipe Calderon opened the highway that will link Saltillo with Monterrey, a super highway that will shorten travel time between both northern cities.
Visitor flow is expected to increase, considering that the distance between the cities will be shortened to 30 minutes.

 

:: ENJOY THE MULTIMEDIA SHOW IN MEXICO’S CITY CENTER

Date: November 10, 2009

In the height of this year’s patriotic celebrations, the Federal Government has put on an unprecedented multimedia show named “Mexico in the Heart”.

Visitors will be able to enjoy this spectacular sight from November 6 – 14.

Alusive images to the nations historic moments and characters will be projected over Palacio
Nacional in two different showings: 20:30 and 22:00 hours with a duration of, approximately, 25 minutes. This is, without a doubt, a show that you must not miss.

 

 

:: MEXICO PRESENTS PROMOTION PLAN FOR UNITED KINGDOM

Date: November 6th, 2009

At the World Travel Market, Mexico’s  Tourism Board office in London,  will present it’s promotion plan for next year. In it they are focusing all their efforts on celebrating the Mexican Revolution Centennial & Independence Bicentennial festivities.
For the UK market, the most popular destinations are Cancun and in first place, Mexico City. Tests have shown that british tourists have a growing interest mexican culture.

A very large amount of visitors from the fair, which will take place from November 9 – 12, are expected to visit the Mexico stand and take part in the promotions that the regional office has come up with for said event and that will be put into action in different points of this european city.


:: AIRPORT OPENED IN SONORA
Date: November 5th, 2009
From today, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, has its’ very own airport which will greet around 250 thousand visitors annually.  For its’ construction, a public & private investment of 450 million pesos was neccessary.
At Mar de Cortes International Airport’s inauguration, President Felipe Calderon and the governor, Guillermo Padres, were present. This is projected to help increase tourist flow to the northern states of the country.

 

:: :: THE NATIONAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TRUST OPENS LOBSTER BEACH
Date: November 4, 2009
The National Tourism Development Trust (FONATUR) announced the opening of Lobster Beach to the public, which lets visitors enjoy more of the Mexican Caribbean.

Said beach occupies over three thousand square meters which are now available to cancuners.  The surface incorporates free parking, two accesses and an area in front of the sea for bathers enjoyment.

 

:: SOLID TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE
Date: November 3, 2009
Mexico City´s hotel infrastructure has been consolidated with the recent inauguration of a very important hotel chain whose 150 million dollar investment has created over 400 work opportunities.
As part of the inauguration, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, had the honor of cutting the ribbon along with Minister of Tourism, Rodolfo Elizondo and other important personalities from the hotel firm.

During the event, President Calderon stressed that projects such as these represent the huge effort displayed every day by thousands of mexican workers who are the real motor behind positioning our country as a true touristic power, worldwide.

 

:: EXPECTATIONS OF TRAVEL GROW IN OUR COUNTRY
Date: November 2, 2009
It is being estimated that travel demand will increase during the last two months of 2009. That is why, airlines have made over 3 million, 81 thousand seats available for those passengers who will travel to our country from all over the world, which represents a 4.2% increase in visitors to our country before the Influenza AH1N1 outbreak, according to Minister of Tourism, Rodolfo Elizondo Torres.
The Official explained that, in the specific case of trips from the United States to our country, the airlines estimated 2 million, 381 thousand available seats which represents a 6% growth on figures estimated during march, before the Influenza outbreak.

This being a result of the hard work done with Mexico’s Tourism Board.

 

::  MEXICO’S DISTINGUISHED PARTICIPATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL TOURISM SALON IN MONTREAL
Date: October 30, 2009

The 21st International Tourism Salon took place during the last week of October in the Canadian city of Montreal, which brought together over 37 thousand attendees.

The Mexican pavilion, which caught everyone’s attention as it was the biggest stand, had the objective of offering visitors great deals on attractive destinies for their Winter vacations. The inauguration of this event was attended by authorities from  the Mexico Tourism Board such as Oscar Fitch,  Alfonso Sumano, Daniel Gutiérrez, Manuel Montelongo  who had the honor of cutting the ribbon, in a cheerful environment accompanied by mariachis and visitors.

Another of the Mexican stands that stood out was the one called “Terraza Acapulco” that did not go by unnoticed because of the variety of gastronomic delicacies that were being served.

 

::  BRAZILIAN TOURISM VERY IMPORTANT FOR MEXICO

Date: 10/29/2009

At the height of the America’s Fair, taken place in Rio de Janeiro, where important members of the Tourism Industry gathered, Mexico’s ambassador in Brasil, Andres Leopoldo Valencia and the General Consul for Rio de Janeiro, Juan Andres Ordoñez, En el marco de la Feria de las Américas realizada en Río de Janeiro, a la cual asistieron importantes miembros de la industria turística mundial, el Embajador de México en Brasil, reaffirmed their interest and full disposition to better and speed up visa expeditions for brazilian tourists to Mexico. 

Cancun estimates a 20% growth in the brazilian market for next year, after negotiations with tour operators are finalized at this fair organized by the Brasilian Travel Agency Association.

Brazilian tourism, during 2008, represented a 30 thousand visitor fluency for Cancun, positioning this Carribbean destination in sixth place in emitting countries.

 

:: POPULAR CONTESTS PITCHED FOR 2010´s FESTIVITIES

Date: 10/28/2009

On the occasion of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Mexican Independence, the Interior Ministry invited all those interested to participate in contests for posters, dishes, theme music and graffiti memorials in honor of the patriotic celebrations of 2010.

This government agency together with the National Fund for Culture and the Arts invited the public, scholars and artists to join in the celebrations of the Bicentennial of Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution.
The prizes for the winning projects range from 100 thousand to 150 thousand pesos and the results will be published on April 23, 2010. Complete registrations for these contests are available at the following web-sites:

www.bicentenario.gob.mx

 www.conaculta.gob.mx

http://fonca.conaculta.gob.mx.

 

:: NEW EXHIBIT IN THE SCIENCE TUNNEL

Date: October 26, 2009

QUINTANA ROO, -- In a joint effort, Quintana Roo’s natural theme parks Xcaret & Xel-Há, inaugurated the “Caribbean’s Sea Most threatened Species and Spaces” composed of scientifical investigations from the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN) and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). The exhibit will remain in the “Razasubway’s  science tunnel til May 2010, marking its’ XXI Anniversary.

 

:: MEXICO TOURISM BOARD PRESENTS TOY EXPO IN THE UNITED STATES

Date: November 3rd, 2008

 

Festival of  Toys comes to the Woodlands Children’s Museum with over 600 toys on display

 

Houston, TX,–The Mexico Tourism Board and the Woodland’s Children’s Museum will present “Mexico: Festival of Toys”, from November 22, 2008 to May 2009. Here,  children can get learn about the variety of toys and customs that children across the border are used to. The traveling, bilingual exhibit created by the Papalote Museo del Niño in Mexico City, is the first international exhibit hosted by the museum and includes more than 600 Mexican toys from the beginning in the 1920’s and traveling through today’s modern day toys.

 

The exhibit launched its U.S. tour at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C., and then traveled to the Louisiana Children’s Museum, and will be on display at The Woodlands Children’s Museum from November 22, 2008 to May 2009. Children will have a chance to see and play with toys and instruments from Mexico in this colorful and fanciful exhibit. The exhibit also explores language and culture by including displays and books in Spanish as well as photographs of vibrant festivals held in various regions of Mexico. The exhibit targets children ages 2-12 and their families.

 

:: EXPERIENCE THE CARIBBEAN IN MEXICO” NOW AT MALL OF AMERICA

Date: October 06th, 2008

 

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — The Mexico Tourism Board presented “Experience the Caribbean in Mexico” at Mall of America®. For the next 10 days, mall visitors can experience the beauty and excitement of the Mexican Caribbean by immersing themselves in the rich culture as they are mesmerized by regional dancers and performers, exquisite cuisine, and the best the region has ro offer. Guests can enjoy Xipe Totec, a dance group performing ancient Maya purification rituals, and savor authentic Mexican cuisine prepared by Chef Federico Lopez, one of the 12 best chefs in Mexico, as he performs live demonstration and teaches guests how to bring the flavors of Mexico home.

 

This opportunity to indulge your senses, emotions, body and mind is presented by the Mexico Tourism Board, the state of Quintana Roo, MLT Vacations and Mall of America®. 

 

The 10-day experience kicked off with an opening celebration where Mexican and U.S. dignitaries as well as business leaders gathered for the anxiously expected inauguration.

 

:: MEXICO’S TOURISM RESPONDS TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Date: September 26th, 2008

 

MEXICO CITY, -- Climate change is one of the major challenges the world is facing today.  This year’s celebration of World Tourism Day 2008 will be focused on finding ways to bring together the public and private sector in order to respond to the global challenge of climate change.  The main objective of World Tourism Day, which takes place on September 27th is to increase global awareness on the relevance of tourism on a social, cultural, political and economical level. 

 

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) declared climate change a priority issue showing the increasing consciousness that tourism is a sector that impacts a wide range of economic and social activities and a key driver to both tackle the issues of climate change and poverty.

 

As one of the top tourism destinations in the world, Mexico is taking steps to foster tourism while at the same time protect the environment.  Mexico’s Tourism Development Program for 2007-2012 promotes the sustainable use of natural and cultural resources to create tourism infrastructures and services that benefit rural and urban communities.  The plan includes a strategy to advance regional development and promote actions that mitigate the impact of climate change on tourism destinations, particularly in coastal areas. 

 

“We support sustainable tourism as a form of protecting the diversity and way of life of communities surrounding us,” says Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, Secretary of Tourism of Mexico.  “Mexico has responded to the increasing demand of nature tourism by investing more in this segment.  Currently, 14 government institutions are working together in programs that motivate the communities living in the nature to develop products for North

 

 

 

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