Governor Participates in Forum of Anouncement of Tourism Investments

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The vocation of service offered by the tourism sector of Jalisco has made entrepreneurs still see the organization as an ideal destination for investment, which has been proved today, announced the Governor, Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz, who pointed out Jalisco's contribution of 8.6 percent of GDP of domestic tourism.

This was expressed by the governor in his participation in the forum of announcement of foreign investments in the country's tourism sector which was chaired by the president Enrique Peña Nieto at the official residence of Los Pinos in Mexico City.

As an example of new foreign investment in Jalisco, the Chief Executive announced the project of the North Amerian corporation Apple Leisure to build a new hotel in Puerto Vallarta with 450 rooms that are added to the 21 000 rooms of this destination in Jalisco. He mentioned that this resort has a portfolio of $100 million in new investment projects.

He also mentioned investments of $ 250 million that have various actions underway in the tourism sector which will add a thousand 150 more rooms to the hotel offer of the metropolitan area, which increasingly consolidates the growing business tourism, which generated a profit of six thousand 500 million pesos last year. He also referred to ongoing projects in the Costalegre for $ 700 million dollars, and the great medical infrastructure for health tourism in Guadalajara.

He said that the strength that the tourism of Jalisco currently has, increased by 20 percent in its economic impact and significantly increased the business units focused on tourism, besides increasing the frequency of flights to Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara.

Sandoval Diaz stressed that the tourism profile of Jalisco with its five Magic Towns, its beaches, its services and diverse attractions, such as the agave landscape, its history rich in tradition and cuisine, make the entity a tourist destination with great potential.

THIS IS HOW HE SAID IT

“Our State has a great potential. It has five magical towns with an Agave Landscape that is a World Heritage Site, and it has a history rich in tradition.

THE MAIN POINT

The public investment works of great impact on the tourism sector of Jalisco, are the new highway Jala, Nayarit, to Puerto Vallarta, the expansion of the port of this resort, and the road improvement of the Puerto Vallarta-Barra de Navidad freeway. Jalisco annually receives 23 million tourists.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/07/03/participa-gobernador-en-foro-de-anuncio-de-inversiones-turisticas/"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]