Cecilia Patrón, the elected mayor recognizes that tourism represents a broad economic spillover for hundreds of Merida residents who offer a variety of products and services to visitors.
Mérida, Yucatán, (August 27, 2024).- “Tourism will be a tool of social justice from the Mérida City Council, where it will have a strong push because it represents a broad economic spillover for hundreds of citizens”, said the elected mayor Cecilia Patrón Laviada.
In this way, she announced the creation of the Tourism Unit and who would be its head, Armando Casares Espinosa, at the proposal of representatives of the sector.
“When a visitor comes to Mérida, the money he/she spends is distributed among the waiter, the taxi driver, the hotelier, the artisan, the restaurateur, the waiter, and a wide variety of service providers and product suppliers, and therefore the importance of promoting Mérida in Mexico and abroad,” declared Cecilia Patrón.
She shared the intention of establishing synergy with members of the sector so that the City Council offers training to citizens and tourists to guarantee that they have employment options.
“We will seek to ensure that the people of Mérida are increasingly better prepared to meet the needs of conventions, destination weddings, boutique hotels, gourmet restaurants, and other services that have specific needs and that mean better salaries,” the elected mayor continued.
She also stated that in a new way of governing, he will seek to ensure that the tourist vision permeates the different areas of the City Council such as culture and infrastructure, so that they consider the needs of tourists.
“Measures such as the expansion of the airport, and the creation of the gastronomic corridors on 47 and 60 Streets, have been positive and from the City Council we will be looking for others such as the neighborhood circuit towards San Sebastián and La Ermita and the promotion of markets,” she added.
Finally, he spoke of promoting that the people of Mérida themselves enjoy the city and become “tourists in their land.”
Who is Armando Casares Espinosa?
He has been president of the Association of Tourism Promotion Agencies of Yucatan (AAPROTUY); the Mexican Association of Destination Management Companies, the Tourism Business Council of Yucatan (CETUR), and the Tourism Coordinator of the State of Yucatan (COTEY).
He was also Director of Tourism in the City Council of Merida from 1987-1990 and founding partner and director of various tourism companies.
Mr, Casares currently presides over the 2017 generation of the IPADE Business School (Pan-American Institute of Senior Business Management). He is also the Chairman of the Board at UNICRECE Credit Union, the oldest and most solid credit union in the Southeast of Mexico.
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