Mexican businessmen are preparing the firstBusiness summit of leaders of trade, services and tourism” to address the main problems of the Mexican tertiary sector and which aims to provide economic benefits in the southeast of the country of up to 18 million pesos (almost a million dollars).
Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Konkanako Servitour) reported this Thursday that the meeting, which will take place from November 22 to 24, aims to move the location of the celebration, the southern city of Merida, to Yucatan from 12 to 18 million pesos.
President of Concanaco Servytur, Hector Tejadareported that presidential candidates had also been invited ahead of the June 2024 elections, Claudia Sheinbaumthe ruling party and whoever heads the preferences, and Xochitl Galvezfrom the enemy Broad front of Mexicoamong other special guests.
He said the meeting was relevant to “resolving the sector’s problems” in the midst of its still recovery as a sector after pandemic To COVID-19informality exceeds 50% and is an industry that affects more than 130 sectors of the country’s economy.
For his part, Concanaco Mérida leader Levi Abraham Macari said that there will be presentations and seminars on the digitalization of companies, the use of artificial intelligence, as well as a master conference from leading technology companies such as Microsoft.
Meanwhile, Esmeralda Rios, Deputy Director of Tourism of the Merida City Council, said that the event was also designed with the intention that participants could enjoy the tourism offerings offered by the organization in the southeast of the country.
He explained that Merida is a strategic city because it has extensive connections with the interior of this city and the state of Yucatan by road and several air routes.
Rios specified that over the past year there are more than 10,000 rooms and 32 new hotels have been opened, and emphasized that one of the pillars of the project is safety, as well as the calm and friendliness of its residents, which makes it a positive review. southeast of the country, and cited as an example more than 3.5 million tourists received in 2022.
For her part, Michelle Friedman, Minister of Tourism of Yucatan, explained that the city of Merida has received countless awards that make it the second best large city in the world. America, after Quebec.
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In addition, he noted that the state of Yucatan has Mayan villages that contribute to the development of rural tourism, colonial cities, paradise beaches full of pink flamingos, in addition to 18 archaeological zones, including Chichen Itzaone of the Seven Wonders of the World, located between Merida and Cancun, the country’s main tourist destination.
He also highlighted the 365 initiative, in which the southern Mexican operation offers at least one daily event as it offers more than 500 events a year, and mentioned that they also launched the 365 flavors project to promote the state’s vast traditional gastronomy. . .
Friedman noted that the summit is part of a commitment to maintaining the leadership of the meetings industry, which accounts for about 1.5% of Mexico’s gross domestic product.
It was also reported that for the first time the oldest company in this sector of the country in Mexico was awarded.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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