Cancun and Tulum will be classified as priority zones for sustainable tourism management, with the aim of limiting or halting the growth both cities are currently experiencing.
This new designation is already established in the Quintana Roo General Tourism Law and is binding, meaning that municipalities are obligated to consider its principles within management instruments such as urban development plans.
Andrés Aguilar, Undersecretary of Tourism for Quintana Roo, explained that at least eleven state government agencies are working on the reports that will define the boundaries and the intended uses for both destinations, given their current state.
“A clear example is Cancún, where the destination now needs to renew itself, renew its infrastructure, renew its product, and even generate new policies or new instruments that allow us to mitigate problems such as abandoned properties. For example, or the wastewater treatment plants that are already reaching their capacity, and where we now require new technologies, new investments, and new management schemes.”
In the case of Tulum, he mentioned the ‘Tulum Renace’ strategy, which seeks to organize the growth of that municipality, a responsibility that falls under municipal jurisdiction, but with state criteria through this new framework.
To this end, another obligation established by the priority zone for sustainable tourism management is to create a destination management body responsible for implementing the established vocations and limitations for each destination.
Furthermore, the State Tourism Secretariat will be encouraged to proactively participate in public consultations regarding the urban growth of both cities.
Once Cancun and Tulum are declared priority zones, Bacalar and Mahahual will follow, where although there is not yet growth at the same level as in the north of the state, new investments have already begun to arrive, so efforts will be made to ensure that this growth does not get out of control.
Source: es-us.noticias.yahoo
