No damage to the hotel infrastructure in the Jalisco coast

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Confirmed the state secretary of tourism

Permanent communication of the Ministry of Tourism with the mayors, service providers and businessmen

Jalisco's tourism infrastructure was not damaged in the wake of the Tropical Storm "Manuel" said the Tourism secretary Enrique Ramos Flores, after talks with mayors of several tourist destinations and supervising various activities of the south coast.

Interviewed for local radio, the official stated that "we realized, through communicating with mayors, leaders of service providers, hotels and travel agencies, that in Costalegre and up to Puerto Vallarta, the tourism infrastructure is safe from harm and all tourist services work normally".

He added that given the imminent natural phenomenon, from Thursday September 12 and during the last weekend, he performed supervisory actions at different points of the coast of Jalisco, particularly at Barra de Navidad, Cihuatlán, where he observed and spoke with staff that is doing rehabilitation work in the dock, showing a significant advance.

HIGH OCCUPATIONS

In Puerto Vallarta all hotels are operating normally, he said that he did not receive any reports from the tourism authorities or of the municipality of encumbrances on the premises or on the hotel staff, "the whole hotel infrastructure is working, occupations were high this weekend and as is normal, on Monday afternoon, many people came out, and again the hotels started operating with smaller numbers, but there are no calamities in the hotels and restaurants, and in the services related to tourism".

Even in Puerto Vallarta, the hotel occupancy that was recorded was over 80 percent during the national holiday weekend. Although he did not yet have direct figures from the hotels, he said that overall "it went well" in all of the destinations, and as always, the beach destinations were the most requested by travelers from Guadalajara and Zapopan.

The secretary of tourism stressed that municipalities such as Cabo Corrientes, La Huerta, Puerto Vallarta and Tomatlán reported no damage to the tourism infrastructure.

Enrique Ramos Flores said that he will continue the monitoring of the main tourist destinations of Jalisco, according to the instructions of the Governor of the State, as well as ongoing communication with mayors, service providers and entrepreneurs in the hotel industry.

BEACH EROSION

The secretary of tourism also indicated that work in its first stage is being done with respect to beach erosion in Barra de Navidad: "We are doing a scan of each building to determine the status of its foundations.

According to the result, a filling is made with stone or rubble, depending on the need that the building requires in each part. A polymer is applied (liquid that solidifies when applied and is as strong as concrete) by injecting the required amount to fill the gaps or spaces between the material of the foundation so that it is braced, forming only one body, solid enough to prevent a possible collapse".

Ramos Flores said that once the foundation is reinforced the filling process of the under-hollow that was under the buildings comes next, in which rubble or stone will be used as fill, also injecting with polymer (this work will be done once the foundation of all affected buildings is reinforced).

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/09/18/sin-danos-en-la-infraestructura-hotelera-en-la-costa-de-jalisco"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]