With an investment of 21.26 million dollars by the federal government in the CIP’s of Fonatur during this year, as well as with the new developments that are in construction not only in Nuevo Vallarta but in all of the Riviera Nayarit; the destination occupies the first place in the nation in collection and investment in tourism during the First Trimester of 2013.

Riviera Nayarit, the destination with more than 300 kilometers of coast in the Mexican Pacific, continues generating significant investments with the construction of more than 10 tourism projects in development. The national and international destination attracts hotel groups which contribute to the growth of the destination in regards to touristic offers, but which also allow it to have a privileged leadership position in regards to occupation during the last years.

As it was recently informed by the System of Statistics DATATUR which depends of the Federal Ministry of Tourism; from 2011 to the present day, the beach destination which has registered the greatest percent increase in regards to infrastructure is Nuevo Vallarta in the Riviera Nayarit.

Based on the average number of available rooms which make up the tourism offer, the estimated growth of Nuevo Vallarta from 2011 up to May of 2013, has been of 26.9%; that is to say that of the 5,988 available rooms in 2011, the figure has already increased to 7,597.

In the section related to the average number of occupied rooms, Nuevo Vallarta also leads this national list according to figures provided by Datatur. From an average of 2,659 rooms occupied in 2011, this destination inside the Riviera Nayarit recorded an increase of 53.7% with an average of 4,087 occupied rooms. The destinations of Cancun (37.9%) and Playas de Rosarito (24.2%) are the destinations that follow in the rankings.

The Office of Visitors and Conventions of the Riviera Nayarit considers that these new investments are also the result of the intense touristic promotion made since the launch of the brand, which has allowed to drive and position the destination within the preference of national and international travelers.

"The job of promoting Riviera Nayarit will continue with the same intensity as it will have to show the new alternatives and offers that this growth in hotel infrastructure will bring to the destination and to those who visit. One factor that undoubtedly also motivates investment in the state, is the realization of events of great prestige and international presence, such as Sport Fishing Tournaments, Mexico Cup Regatta, the Tianguis Turistico 2012, food festivals, golf tournaments, cultural and artistic events, among others, by enabling us to expose the multifaceted range of places inside the Riviera Nayarit for all visitors, "said Marc Murphy, CEO of the CVB Riviera Nayarit.

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Through the platform conformed by more than 36 thousand businessmen affiliated to the Employers Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex), the destination events will be disseminated, as well as promotions and discounts of the Puerto Vallarta companies, informed the national councilor of the organism, Mrs. Margarita Ortiz Muñoz.

 It was on last June 13th when Ortiz Muñoz was notified about the invitation from the president of the national commission of Tourism Roberto Zapata Llabrés, to participate as vice-president of Connection with Business Centers.

 Who with respect to that matter precised that within the strategy to strengthen the Tourism Commission, they have decided to create at least three vice-presidencies, which will allow them to have a more efficient follow up and results driven towards the commission members and Coparmex shareholders.

 He pointed out that the vice-presidency led by Mago Ortiz within the Tourism Commission, will be fundamental to support the local tourism commissions and to create spaces in the Enterprise Centers which don't have them yet, but who have a clear touristic vocation.

 On her behalf, Mago Ortiz pointed out that through the platform of the enterprise centers of the country, a monthly bulletin will be broadcasted from the national commission of Tourism and without a doubt, the unionized members of this employer body, both in Puerto Vallarta and in the Riviera Nayarit, will be able to promote their offers.

“Monthly, the promotions of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit of all the events that are made in this region, will permeate at a national level with 36 thousand businessmen affiliated to the Coparmex”

 Likewise, she recognized the work of the president of the Coparmex Puerto Vallarta-Bahía de Banderas, Arnulfo Ortega Contreras, for contributing to this effort of promoting the destination.

 On the next June 28th, the president of the local tourism commission of the Coparmex, Gloria Peña, will participate in the Workshop to Diagnose the Tourism of Meetings, which will take place in the Expo Guadalajara and is convened by the Federal Ministry of Tourism (Sectur).

  In this workshop there will be work-groups of topics such as training, professionalization, certification and university education, the promotion and marketing of tourism facilities, requirements for specialized information and statistics on this segment, among other topics.

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Mexico currently has a population of 145 billionaires and two thousand 540 multimillionaires, according to the investigation firm WealthInsight, dedicated to monitoring the wealthy people of the world.

In a report circulated this Tuesday, WealthInsight precised that such Mexicans have a wealth of 736 billion dollars, which is equal to 43 per cent of the total individual wealth of the country.

The investigation firm explained that the wealth and the number of millionaires and multimillionaires are known after a wide investigation that covered the wealth management market in Mexico thorough a period of five years.

The report is centered in the yield of the individuals of High Individual Net Value (HNWI), in between the ending of 2007 (the peak before the global financial crisis) and the ending of 2012.

A person is considered HNWI when an individual possesses financial assets -without including main residence- for more than a million dollars.

WealthInsight determined that, after revising the wealth and asset assignments that in the ending of 2012 existed in Mexico, there are 145 thousand people with high patrimony (HNWI) and two thousand 540 with very high patrimony (UHNWI).

The report outlined that Mexican millionaires surpass the average of the HNWI in the whole world during the analyzed period.

It pointed out that the HNWI Mexicans has increased in 32 per cent during the last five years, while the volume of people in the world who posses large patrimonies has reduced in 0.3 per cent.

By the ending of 2012, the Mexican millionaires had 21.9 per cent of their wealth (about 161 billion dollars) outside of the country, in comparison to the 23.2 per cent of 2007.

According to the report, the two thousand 540 multimillionaires in Mexico possessed by the ending of 2012 about 364 billion dollars of total combined wealth.

Among these multimillionaires, there are 16 people with more than a billion dollars, 252 individuals with more than 100 million dollars and two thousand 272 considered rich millionaires, having more than two million dollars.

Te Mexican capital is the city which has most millionaires and multimillionaires in Mexico, by being the home of a thousand 88 people possessing high patrimony, which represents 43 per cent of the total of the country.

There are also considerable UHNWI populations in Monterrey (208 very high patrimonies) and Guadalajara (129 very high patrimonies).

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With an investment of 2.5 million pesos and in between music, dancing and firecrackers the re-inauguration of the main plaza of the delegation of Las Juntas took place with the participation of hundreds of people who appeared satisfied with the municipal government headed by the mayor Ramón Guerrero because he did projects in benefit of the people of Vallarta.

With the commitment of rescuing public spaces, the municipal president Ramón Guerrero, emphasized the places where each of the resources that the citizens contributed would be going, to continue with the rescue of those areas where you feel proud of attending and where you can perform your activities in a healthy and honest way, "it doesn't just have to do with the pesos and cents that were invested, it doesn't just have to do with the construction of the kiosk, the floor, the gardens or the plants, but what is most valuable in this plaza is you, my friends from Las Juntas, that you come here to have fun and relax with your families".

Guerrero Martínez also reiterated "we made a commitment with you and we are already keeping it, we rescued this public space; in the next days I will be returning here to your plaza, which I ask that you take care of and make use of, to be able to deliver the program "Worthy House" with the support of material, cement, tin, rods and bricks so that all the families that today don't have a chance to have a worthy house could have that support and backup".

In this event the person in charge of the delegation of Las Juntas, Jorge Enrique Gallardo Quintero,  thanked the municipal president for his support and the satisfied commitment that shows that it is a citizen government that with deeds has been able to erase the divorce between the civil society and the municipal government, "today I want to thank you, we know that we are following the right path, that we are going faster than we think, that our convictions are intact and that we are full of enthusiasm, we see that people start to recover their faith and joy because their public spaces are returning little by little, like this plaza that we have inaugurated today".

At the same time, in representation of each of the neighbor committees of this delegation, the lady Edna Luquín Pérez, president of the Centro colony, thanked the support provided by the municipal government, "there is no doubt that the facts weigh more than the words, mister president we go along with you in your battle, let us celebrate your victory and work under your management day to day, elbow to elbow asking you always not to forget your word, which we know that is heavy and we reiterate our congratulations in the name of the community of Las Juntas”.

In the ceremony there was also the presence of the inhabitants of the Delegation as well as the councilors Humberto Gómez Arévalo, Susana Mendoza Carreño, Otoniel Barragán Espinoza and Javier Pelayo Méndez, as well as the General Director of Social Development, Óscar Delgado, the major administrative official Ignacio Guzmán, besides the presidents of the Ejido Las Juntas and the Association of Charros, Alfredo Cortes Palomera and Alberto Ramos Arreola respectively, Monseñor Hipólito Robles parish of the delegation and the rest of the representatives of the municipal government.

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Puerto Vallarta occupies the first place in destinations with integral and specialized hospital services, due to the increase in the last years of medical tourism at an international level.

The new store will create 100 direct jobs and 300 indirect ones, with an investment of 200 million pesos.

The Home Depot, the number one store for home improvement in Mexico keeps expanding in the country reaching in august the state of Nayarit for the first time. The construction of this project initiated a few months ago in the Insurgentes avenue number 2297, in the colonia Gustavo Díaz Ordaz of the capital, with an investment of 200 million pesos and the creation of 300 indirect jobs and 100 direct quality jobs which will be activated once the store opens.

The Home Depot, with 12 years of experience in the Mexican Republic, with this aperture in Tepic amounts to 102 stores at a national level and expands its presence to 28 states, with the firm purpose of bringing to its customers its offer of more than 23 thousand products under the same roof, in the departments of construction, hardware, plumbing and bathrooms, electricity, doors and woods, floors, paint and decoration, lighting, gardening, tools, kitchen and appliances, among others, improving the quality of life of families in their homes.

The new store is constructed on a property of 20 thousand square meters of surface area and will have more than 4 thousand square meters of sales area, in which its associates of orange aprons will guide the consumers to make easy and quality home improvements; they will also render specialized service to the professional customer, whether it is an engineer, architect, construction worker or contractor, with bigger projects.

“We are excited with the opening of our new store in Tepic; in a short time the people of Nayarit will have a great variety of products of excellent quality at their disposal and we will support the community with socially responsible actions that, together with our clients and associates allow us

to benefit those who are in most need" declared the engineer Ricardo Saldívar, president and general director of The Home Depot Mexico.

Just as in the rest of its stores in Mexico, The Home Depot will develop several actions in benefit of the community of Nayarit once this new establishment starts operating, pointing out the intensive program of volunteering that includes actions such as donating merchandise and collecting donations in favor of non governmental organizations (NGO's) of the state,donating blood and improvements to public schools, where together with the support of the state and municipal governments, as of civilians, the development of communities and the most vulnerable social groups is promoted to contribute in the betterment of their quality of life.

the The arrival of The Home Depot to Nayarit is a consequence of the growth plan of the company, which during 2013 will invest in Mexico 2 thousand million pesos, and intends to open a total of 25 stores in the next 3 years to continue consolidating its presence in the country.

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Looks like you may have missed another surprise extravagenza at Stickys!  Luis the owner of one of the most famous restaurant in Marina, entertained his favorite patrons with another new surprise!

Improve your chances of a free upgrade by dressing the part when flying. Wearing a business suit can mean the difference between staying in economy class -- or getting bumped up to the first-class cabin.

When a friend of mine recently checked in for a flight from San Francisco to Vancouver, he was surprised when the Air Canada gate agent handed him a first-class boarding pass as he was about to get on his flight. What was so unusual about this? Several things.

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The Sheraton Hotel presented its associates with Awards and Oscars during an exclusive celebration in one of the luxurious halls of the Hotel.

On March 21, 2013 an exclusive awards ceremony was held at the Sheraton Hotel Buganvilias in Puerto Vallarta, which was attended by many renowned hotel "personalities".

The Tourism Tianguis made ​​in Puebla proved fruitful for the region.

The participation of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit at the tourist market held in Puebla enabled both delegations reinforce the joint promotion of the region and confirm arrangements with trading partners, who strongly support the promotion this year. The presidents of both hoteliers beach destinations, Ignacio Cadena Beraud and Fernando González Ortega, were satisfied with the results for the Tourism Tianguis, where commitments were strengthened joint promotion for which there are 10 million dollars be provided by the Tourism Board of Mexico (CPTM).

The stock exchange of $ 10 million will be invested in the promotion in the U.S. and Canada, at a rate of 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively.

These resources will be applied in cities that are natural markets for the two destinations of this region where there is air connectivity to these destinations.

Riviera Nayarit's presence was felt strong during the Tourism Tianguis, where priority was promotion work together as one strategy to attract more tourists to the destination.

Nayarit  have followed the guidelines laid down by the President, Enrique Peña Nieto, and the governor of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, who have realized a special bag of resources for the joint promotion of Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta.

The main destination Nayarit maintained a busy schedule working with wholesalers and industry professionals, whose main focus was to make arrangements to jointly advertise the two destinations.

Between Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were held 15 meetings with the wholesalers that generate increased tourist traffic to the region, to establish strategies to promote Puerto Vallarta Riviera Nayarit.

Gogo Tours, Orbitz, itravel2000, Expedia, Us Airways Vacations, Funjet, Transat, Pleasant Tours, Apple Vacations, Sunwing, Travel Impressions, Alaska Airlines Vacations, Air Canada Vacations, Classic Vacations and Travelocity, are some of the wholesalers with whom held these meetings.

In addition, the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) of Riviera Nayarit worked independently in order to maximize the window which meant the Tourism Tianguis and scheduled meetings with wholesalers solo from Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, among others, giving track and promotion with an eye to the opening of new markets in Latin America.

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Today at the annual Mexican tourism event, Tianguis Turistico in Puebla, MLT Vacations announced an increase in its airline partners’ non-stop capacity and the addition of new resorts to its Mexican product offerings.

Delta Air Lines is adding non-stop flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara. Aeromexico is adding four summer non-stop flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Cancun and Huatulco.

The new resorts are the Valentin Imperial Maya and the Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Ka’an, located in Riviera Maya.

“MLT built its world-class reputation serving destinations throughout Mexico,” said Elizabeth Moriarty, MLT vice president for product development. “As one of the largest U.S. tour operators to the country, we are always working to increase and improve our Mexico product offerings for our travel agent partners.”

Increased lift: Beginning July 1, Delta Air Lines will increase frequency from Saturday only to daily service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Puerto Vallarta. One additional non-stop Saturday flight will be added to Guadalajara beginning July 6.

Beginning June 1, Aeromexico will offer three weekly non-stop flights, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, between Los Angeles (LAX) and Cancun. Flights depart Los Angeles (LAX) at 7:25 a.m. Return flights depart Cancun at 3:09 p.m.

On June 7, Aeromexico will begin weekly non-stop service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Huatulco. The Friday flight departs at 10 a.m. The return flight departs at 5:12 p.m. The flights between Los Angeles (LAX) and Cancun are scheduled to end September 8. The flight between Los Angeles (LAX) and Huatulco ends August 16.

New Resorts: Available now to agents, the Valentin Imperial Maya is an adults-only all-inclusive hacienda style resort located in Riviera Maya. Also located in Riviera Maya, the Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Ka’an – Don Pablo Collection is an adults-only luxury resort and will be available for booking beginning April 30. Both properties are offered through Delta Vacations, United Vacations and Aeromexico Vacations.

The new flights are available now for travel agent bookings. For more information, agents can visit www.worldagentdirect.com or call 1-800-727-1111.

About MLT Vacations
MLT Vacations, one of the largest providers of vacation packages in the United States, manages multiple vacation brands, including Delta Vacations, in partnership with Air France Holidays and Alitalia Vacations, United Vacations, Aeromexico Vacations, and Worry-Free Vacations. Through its unique airline partnerships, MLT Vacations offers the lowest available airfares, discounted hotel rates at thousands of appealing hotels worldwide, a broad selection of sightseeing excursions and activities, bonus miles for travelers through frequent flyer programs, with a best price guarantee.

Travel agents are also provided attractive financial rewards such as commission on all vacation package components, including all airfares, and lucrative incentive opportunities, ongoing training and education, and superior service for travel agents and their valued clients. For general information about MLT Vacations, please visit www.mltvacations.com. For travel agents wishing to access the full scope of MLT Vacations product offerings, please visit www.worldagentdirect.com.

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Clearly, we live for tourism. It is also clear that our main attraction, after the manner of being of the inhabitants, is the landscape.

There are hundreds and thousands of beaches and mountains, but here is something to see what nature has given us. Those who visit us come and pay to see the natural beauty and added successful that we have put humans into the landscape, when we are right.

Tourists usually come from an environment of agglomeration, visual pollution, noise pollution and other pollution, to enjoy beauty and clean environment "for thelook." That is the common heritage that sustains us and allows us Vallartenses build a better life for our families.

Of course the scenery is heritage to be protected from predators. Global institutions and care to give recognition characteristic landscapes, where people care.

In Jalisco the agave landscape have in the region of Tequila, proclaimed heritage not only of the people, but of all mankind. Cultural heritage.

Hence not understand visually pollute the savagery of a beautiful landscape, like ours makes the set appealing, to pay to see him, to pay to come.

Absurd there who are pocketing money polluting our beautiful landscapes. Absurd that entrepreneurs have so careless as to pay for their products or services appear assaulting, polluting, showing depreciated to the highest values ​​of a population.

Absurd laws are so backward, so that you can visually pollute "within the law", affecting the entire population "by court order".

We know that in the cities of our country, municipalities or delegations, have an obligation to protect the urban landscape, Norman rigorously placement, sizes, distances, luminosities and others of outdoor advertising, not to mention the spectacular they are ultimate in vulgarity and visual pollution. The cities are not going to kill the appeal of its colonial architecture, allowing the voracious post signs on the roofs of houses or palaces. And when a city seeks to recover degraded areas, the first thing they do is clean the place of outdoor advertising. Deform, degrade, contraminan are advanced deterioration and poverty.

To Las Vegas no people travel to enjoy the desert landscape. From the beginning, people go to the casinos and amusement internal showrooms within hotels. So do not hurt  Las Vegas, the explosion of outdoor ads, loaded with lights and stacking. The attraction of the city is not in the countryside, in nature. Its appeal lies in the interior, in the game and in the shows.

There is no problem to go and get their huge signs ... if you let them.

But here we live the landscape around our sites and our friendly service quality. Here, the landscape is threatening harm to all.

So we must defend the irrational nature of such large attacks, issued by the insatiable greed of money at all costs, whatever and friéguese perjudíquense all.

We can not allow re-entry degrade our city with this absurd pollution that our visitors feel, cheated, cheated, cheated: we promise the wonders of nature and receive them with vulgarity and degradation of ads that block the view landscape.

In legal must exhaust all instances, including the constitutional controversy. In the civic society must be mobilized to contain the attack to the common heritage. If the merchants of visual pollution can not disregard the thirty pieces why people betray, advertisers should know that they are promoting the rejection of their products or services because they are not socially responsible to finance pollution of our landscape.

We must fight for what nature gave us.

We must fight for what makes us attractive

We must fight for the common heritage or we will sink into widespread poverty, hopeless.

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