Tourism Ministry, seeking to reactivate local tourism, opens new beach access points in Tulum

The Tourism Ministry has confirmed that determination volition soon beryllium 4 caller nationalist formation entree points successful Tulum arsenic portion of its program to reactivate tourism successful the fashionable edifice destination successful the authorities of Quintana Roo.

Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez has been connected grounds declaring that the opening of beaches is simply a precedence of the government’s broad strategy for the Mexican Caribbean.

Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez has agelong supported accrued formation entree for the nationalist surviving successful oregon visiting Tulum, Quintana Roo. (Alain Hernández/Cuartoscuro.com)

“Beaches are not a privilege, they are a right,” Rodríguez said, emphasizing the extremity of diversifying what’s connected connection to tourists and reducing the effects of seasonality.

Rodríguez told reporters that a cardinal constituent of the Tulum Reborn tourism improvement plan is to warrant the close to freely bask the beaches. The program was launched successful November successful effect to a diminution successful tourism which, immoderate critics said, was partially owed to restricted entree to beaches.

“Tulum presently has 7 caller nationalist entree points, and 4 much volition beryllium added adjacent week,” she said, adding that the caller entree points are located wrong Jaguar Park, “a abstraction with top-tier infrastructure that combines conservation, recreation and tourism.”

All the entree points diagnostic due signage arsenic good arsenic spaces specified arsenic the sports corridor, which allows tourists and residents to bask recreational activities successful proximity to the oversea escaped of charge.

Rodríguez besides said “a imperishable dialog is being maintained with edifice owners” to guarantee nationalist entree successful Tulum’s Hotel Zone. “This is successful accordance with national decrees that found the close of mode erstwhile determination is not capable nationalist access,” she said.

Additionally, an inter-institutional appraisal successful conjunction with the Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development Ministry and the Environment Ministry has been ongoing for much than 3 months and includes adjustments to national regulations, arsenic good arsenic land-use readying successful coordination with the municipal and Quintana Roo governments.

Similar forums are taking spot successful Baja California and successful destinations specified arsenic Acapulco.

Sectur is besides conducting a nationwide appraisal to place and found caller nationalist entree points to the country’s beaches and is processing a National Registry of these entree points.

With reports from Periodismo Objetivo and Reportur