“Tourist security is a core issue for the success of our country as a world-class destination; and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the issue of health security has joined the demands of travelers, so it is essential to join forces to provide this certainty to those who visit us ", said the Secretary of Tourism, Economy and Sustainability (SETUES) and president of the Union of Secretaries of Tourism in Mexico (ASETUR), Luis Humberto Araiza López after participating in the XIV Tourist Security Meeting in which he spoke about the state of strength of the tourist police in the country and exposed the health security protocols for employees of the sector, in addition to the services offered in the Tourist Care and Protection Centers (CATTAC).

Luis H. Araiza highlighted the importance of establishing unified protocols in accordance with international standards in order to protect the health of tourists and employees of the industry, underlining that the entity has designed and applied in conjunction with private initiative, a series of specific protocols for each item; among which he mentioned the economic, tourist, restaurant, lodging services, reactivation of airports, among others.

He also highlighted the importance of having a CATTAC, as he said, they provide specialized and comprehensive attention to visitors, since they have representatives of institutions from the three levels of government, such as the tourist police, the Bilingual Public Ministry , PROFECO, Armed Forces, Green Angels, Command and Control Centers (C2 and C4), adding that BCS has two centers in which most of these services are provided.

“To regain the dynamism that our tourism industry maintained and thus face the economic and labor crisis that the health emergency left us, it is essential that we work in a coordinated manner to establish mechanisms that allow us to improve our image as a destination, both by inside and outside of our country. It is extremely important that we send a clear and forceful message to the rest of the world that Mexico is a safe and reliable destination ”, concluded Luis Araiza.