The Magic Towns of Valladolid and Izamal had a very different dynamism in their local tourist activity in 2023: the first city grew from 1 to 2.5 nights of overnight stays, and the second city is no longer just a transition point on the way to Chichen Itza.
With great pride and a smile of satisfaction, Alfonso Rivero Flores, tourism business leader of Valladolid, believes that this Magical Town in the east of the state already exceeds the average overnight stay of Mérida, a colonial city that is the gateway for national and international tourism and economic and commercial capital of the Mexican southeast.
Tourism businessman Gilmer Estrada Herrera, from the Zamná restaurant and Rinconada del Convento hotel, in Izamal, hopes that the passage of the Mayan Train in this colonial city will increase tourist influx in the coming years.
However, a brake that could frustrate these good expectations is the lack of nightlife in Izamal, “because after 9 or 10 at night everything is closed and tourists want fun, have a glass of wine, a beer and dinner.” , but they have nowhere to go.”
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