Tourism Sinaloa: Development of Playa Espíritu in Sinaloa by FONATUR

2012 will be a year of great challenges for European companies, as fears of a recession due to the debt crisis are anticipating lower consumption, which will push them to look for more profitable sites for their investments. In the framework of the Fitur, the Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara Manzo, met with the presidents of the most granados of Spanish companies in the hospitality business. At the meeting were Juan Miguel Villar Mir, the construction company OHL; Andrés Pan de Soraluce, from OHL Desarrollos; Simón Pedro Barceló, from Grupo Barceló; Gabriel Escarrer, of Meliá Hoteles International; André Gerondodeau, from EVP Melia Hoteles International; Miguel Fluxá, of Iberostar Hotels, and Encarna Piñero, vice president of Grupo Piñero. Also note Mariano López Claver, from NH Hoteles; Gregorio de Diego, of Occidental Hotels, and Abel Matutes Juan, of Fiesta Hotels, among others.

Well, the message from the Iberian businessmen is that they will increase their commitment to Mexico to the extent that there is the political will of the government at all levels to continue promoting tourism, as well as sustained investments by the private sector, and Which have resulted in the incorporation of 25 thousand hotel rooms per year. Another aspect that has attracted the attention of Spanish businessmen is that Fonatur, who has Enrique Carrillo Lavat as its manager, is still working on the development of new tourist centers, such as Playa Espíritu, Sinaloa.

Sinaloa, with a population of 2.8 million inhabitants, receives 3 million tourists a year, and the idea is that this project can double that number in the coming years. The expectation is that it will be in the first quarter of the year when it announces the construction of the first international hotel and where some Spanish firms are shuffled. Tourism in Sinaloa.