The director of economic development and tourism of the municipality of Mérida, José Luis Martínez Semerena, predicts this Mérida will do that again a large number of visitors this Christmas.
The municipal official explained that hoteliers started recording positive figures this week, so December is expected to end with a hotel occupancy rate of 60 to 70 percent in Mérida alone.
“Mérida starts to light up with more Christmas decorations after the end of White Night and the Panucho Fair. We expect an increase in hotel occupancy of between 60 and 65 percent and even up to 70 percent.” he said.
Tourists
He clarified that, due to cancellations in the state of Guerrero due to the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, tourists are now asking for information for new reservations in Mérida. “We expect a city bustling with tourists during the year-end closure,” he added.
To this end, the ADO company has set up six new regional tourism routes. In addition, the company expects 320,000 passengers this month, “so we hope it will be a good end of the year in terms of tourism.”
Magical neighborhoods
In addition, Martínez Semerena confirmed that the city council is committed to participation of five Mérida neighborhoods by 2024, giving them the chance to be chosen as magical neighborhoods.
“We will continue to work on the nomenclature problem that exists in the districts. We will have to wait until the Ministry of Tourism opens the call for new Magic Neighborhoods. We have already prepared the other files. The General Council will decide which of them will be a Magical Neighborhood.”
