Puebla capital added three million tourists in 2024

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The city of Puebla received a total of three million tourists during 2024. This was announced by the municipal Secretary of Economy and Tourism, Jaime Oropeza Casas.

In an interview after participating in the announcement of the Night of Museums, the official said that in December alone, 300 thousand visitors arrived in the capital.

Oropeza Casas stated that the arrival of these tourists to the municipality of Puebla in 2024 was due to both events organized by the city council. As well as others promoted by the private initiative.

The official said that in the first 100 days of the current administration, which started on October 14, 2024, 11 congresses and conventions were held in the city. These generated an economic spillover of 70 million pesos.

In this sense, Jaime Oropeza commented that they will work to attract more events of this type during this 2024, which generates the arrival of more tourists.

Smart City will return to Puebla in 2025 with 125 thousand attendees
In the report of the first 100 days of government of the mayor of Puebla, Pepe Chedraui Budib, he confirmed that the Smart City event will return to the city. This in 2025 and the following five years.

125 thousand attendees will attend the event, with which it is expected that more than 35 thousand hotel rooms will be occupied. A situation that will generate an economic spill of 350 million pesos, according to city hall authorities.

The Smart City has already been held on other occasions in Puebla, during the PAN administrations at both the state and municipal level.

It is worth mentioning that the state government allocated 35 million pesos to the Smart City Expo Latam Congress event in 2019.

At that time, the Secretary of Culture and Tourism of Puebla, Alejandro Cañedo, specified that Conventions and Parks made that contribution.

The money was given to the company Fira Barcelona by direct award, according to the Secretary of Finance and Administration, Jorge Estefan Chidiac.

Puebla City Council will provide loans for women
The municipal Secretary of Economy and Tourism, Jaime Oropeza, announced that the Puebla City Council will have a credit program for women.

He explained that the “soft” loans will be for the entire municipality, that is, also for the auxiliary boards. And this year they will have a fund of 200 million pesos for this program.

Likewise, Jaime Oropeza added that in the first quarter of 2025 the details of the program will be announced. For example, the requirements to be met, the banks that will participate, among others.

The city council official mentioned that the objective is for women to be able to receive financial support for businesses.

Puebla capital sumó tres millones de turistas en 2024 

Source: periodicocentral