The hotel sector has asked federal and state authorities to stop the construction of hotels and condominiums, given the saturation of public services such as water, drainage and electricity in the tourist area of Cancun.
These services have been exceeded in almost 35 thousand of the 40 thousand 800 hotel rooms located in the beach area of Cancun, so their infrastructure must be updated.
“Given the overdensification that the hotel zone already has, a moratorium must be placed on development until the appropriate infrastructure is in place,” said Jesus Almaguer Salazar, president of the Association of Hotels of Cancun, Puerto Morelos and Isla Mujeres, within the framework of the Cancun Travel Mart that began this Thursday.
He indicated that, for the good of all, it is necessary to stop and that the Hotel Zone Trust be an important control tool to govern that area, in terms of development, image, infrastructure, services and security.
It is important, he stressed, to keep the Cancun hotel zone in force and modernize the infrastructure of public services.
Almaguer Salazar pointed out that the moratorium must be agreed upon, so the hotel sector will make the appeal and request to the authorities, because during the rainy season the drainage system collapses and there is no capacity to provide new developments with water and electricity.
“Eight years ago we had another government and now we have a government that is aware of what tourism means for the state,” said Almaguer Salazar, who recalled that previously there were also “voices” that demanded to stop the overdensification of the Cancun hotel zone.
He commented that the 8.5 kilometer vehicular bridge that is being built over the Nichupté lagoon will alleviate the traffic problem but not the services.
At the Cancun Travel Mart, which will take place from October 23 to 25 at the Iberostar Selection Cancun Hotel, he said that some 3,800 business meetings are expected, in which the different tourist destinations of Quintana Roo will be sold, and the call is to increase hotel rates by between five and 10 percent.
Almaguer Salazar said that for the winter season at the end of the year, an occupancy of between 85 and 95 percent is expected in hotels, with a turnover of 4 billion dollars.
Source: elsoldemexico
