Reactivation of magical neighborhoods sought in Mexico City
Source：El Economista
From：Taiwan Trade Center Mexico
Update Time：2019/11/04
The tourism fee of the Mexico City Congress will ask the town authorities to revive the capital’s “magical neighborhoods” tourism promotion program.
The program, which designated 21 barrios as magical, was created in 2011 however was by no means formally launched and its funding was discontinued in 2012.
Commission members argue that this system’s reactivation will create new jobs, stimulate the native economic system and rehabilitate run-down city areas.
Commission President Ana Patricia Báez Guerrero defined that the magical neighborhoods program would complement the present Turismo de Barrio (Neighborhood Tourism) scheme.
The latter was created by the present authorities to be able to promote lesser identified vacationer points of interest in Mexico City and develop new ones in much less visited elements of the capital.
Báez mentioned the 2 packages collectively would supply larger alternatives for all 16 Mexico City boroughs to advertise their tourism choices and entice extra guests.
The request will probably be directed to the Secretariat of Tourism, Báez defined, including that the Congress can also be in search of an replace on the progress of the “Turismo de Barrio” scheme.
Among the 21 neighborhoods that had been designated as magical in 2011 are: San Ángel, Santa María la Ribera, Coyoacán, Roma-Condesa, Xochimilco, La Merced, Mixcoac and Mexico City’s dwelling of Mariachi music, Plaza Garibaldi.
Source：https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/