Acapulco, Guerrero.- I want to acknowledge the entire sector, since in Mexico, after the long night of Covid-19, the tourism sector is standing and it is a sign that Mexico is going to get ahead. There is a consolidated tourism sector, we are today the second country in the world for tourism, only surpassed by France, as he considered Adam Augusto Lopez HernandezSecretary of the Interior of the Government of Mexico, on behalf of the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in it Tourist Market.
During the inauguration of Tourist Market 2022the Secretary of the Interior mentioned “I want to make a small note and personalize it, I know he did not like it because I saw his face on Ambassador (Ken) Salazar, when Miguel (Torruco)… and he rightly stated that the Colorado Canyon is infinitely less beautiful than our Copper Canyon and we have to put up with it, Mr. Ambassador, because the Copper Canyon is truly beautiful in our country”.
During the 46th edition organized by the Secretary of Tourism (Sectur), whose main objective is to activate tourism and promote destinations in Mexico. López Hernández insisted “as all the countries in the world have their riches, they have their beauties, but today we are here, today to say that Mexico is great for its tourism, great for its inhabitants, great for all of you.”
He congratulated the organizers of the Tourist Market and invited them to “continue working together, everyone, the federal, state, municipal authorities, the businessmen, everyone, we have to continue concluding, as the slogan says, ‘tourism is the future, but tourism is Mexico,'” said the Secretary of the Interior.
Adam Augusto Lopez HernandezSecretary of the Interior of the Mexican government, formally declared the work of the 46th edition of the Tourist Market in Acapulco.
It should be remembered that the origins of the Tianguis were the “International Fair of Hotels and Tourist Travel Agencies in Acapulco” in 1975. That first edition was inaugurated at the Acapulco Convention Center and arose at the initiative of the president of the National Tourism Council, Miguel Alemán Valdés.
In the first formal edition in 1976, the event had the participation of 100 Mexican vendors and 22 invited countries. However, this 2022 there is a record of 1,556 buyers from 937 companies from 47 nations, which together represent 95% of the total international issuing markets that visit Mexico. There are 1,011 exhibiting companies, represented by 2,292 people who will serve the visitors. There were 600 business suites in which the country’s tourist offer is located, according to figures from Miguel Torruco, Secretary of Tourism. They estimate that throughout these days of commercial exchange, 65,758 business appointments will be exceeded, which represents a record.
This 46th edition of the Tourist Tianguis will take place from May 22 to 25 in Imperial World Expo.