After a year and a half of waiting, this August 23 the first cruise ship will arrive in Los Cabos
Municipal authorities and the Integral Port Administration (API), will join forces to receive this August 23 approximately 3,000 tourists from the Carnival Cruise Ship Line, which means the restart of the activity of tourist cruises in the bay of Cabo San Lucas , after a year and a half of the suspension of activities as a result of the health crisis due to COVID-19.
The above was announced by the delegate from Cabo San Lucas, Manuel Salvador Castro Ceseña, who explained that he had the visit of engineer Fernando Hoyos Romero, general manager of the Cabo San Lucas API, who shared excellent news for the tourist destination, informing that as of August 23 of the current year, the first cruise ships will begin to arrive, expecting in this first arrival the influx of up to 3,500 tourists, which means a significant economic spill.
"The cruise will arrive complying with all the protocols that have been established and with 50% of its capacity, which is excellent news after a year and a half of not having the visit of tourists through the nautical route. API will request logistical support from the Los Cabos City Council, through the Municipal Offices and the Cabo San Lucas delegation, to receive the boat on August 23, "explained Castro Ceseña.
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From August 30 to September 1, don't miss WMF Los Cabos
Los Cabos is one of the main destinations for business tourism in Mexico, as emphasized by the general director of Economic Development and Tourism of Los Cabos, Fátima Miranda Castro, who explained that the municipality has expanded its tourism infrastructure with the construction of several resorts with rooms and places for impressive meetings, in addition, the destination has facilities and trained personnel to attend large corporate groups and conventions, therefore, from August 30 to September 1, the Hard Rock Hotel Los Cabos will be venue of the World Meetings Forum (WMF) 2021.
Fátima Miranda highlighted that the 6 secretaries of tourism will be sharing a conference of the 10 Global Trends in the Meetings Industry, where they will teach how to understand the opportunities that destinations have in their niches and in their industries to become attractive and attractors of big events globally.
To conclude her participation, Fátima Miranda Castro emphasized that being the venue for this type of event means a great tourist promotion for Los Cabos, and also means the closure of large businesses and investments and a great economic reactivation. She concluded by emphasizing that during WMF 2021 activities, hygiene and healthy distance measures will be followed at all times.
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The Los Cabos International Film Festival debuts an image on its 10th anniversary. Get to know it!
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Los Cabos International Film Festival opened an important call for students, designers and graphic artists from all over Mexico to create a visual concept to give # LosCabos10 a new face.
The winner of this call was David Rodrigo Pineda Ortiz who designed a poster that reflects the iconic settings of Los Cabos: a diver comfortably lives the cinematographic experience from the bottom of the Sea of Cortez; he is seen, in turn, through the lens of a digital camera.
This is how this image refers to a festival that adapts to a reality where the physical and the virtual coexist and complement each other to achieve an organic experience that can be enjoyed by audiences wherever they are.
# LosCabos10 already has a date and will be from November 10 to 17 in a hybrid edition that will mix the benefits of technology with face-to-face meetings. You can not lose this!
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Los Cabos, the only destination in Mexico to vaccinate hotel employees against Covid 19
The president of the Administrative Council of the Los Cabos Hotel Association, Mauricio Salicrup, said in an interview for Los Cabos a la Carta and Cabovisión Noticias that Los Cabos hotel collaborators are already considered at the state level in conjunction with the Welfare Secretariat Baja California Sur as a priority to receive the Covid 19 vaccine.
He mentioned that the strategy of using the reagents not used by the patients to be used for the collaborators who wish to be vaccinated has been carried out starting from Cabo San Lucas, later in the CSL-SJC Tourist Corridor and will end in San José del Cabo .
"We are proudly - again - the work of the Hotel Association of Lizi Orcí as executive president, of Liz Araos as director. A very hard work to conquer this that is unique in the entire Mexican Republic" said Mauricio Salicrup, as Los Cabos It is the only destination that has managed to prioritize the tourism sector for the application of the vaccine.
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6.8% of GDP in Baja California Sur is related to the Meetings Industry: Rodrigo Esponda
The director of the Los Cabos Tourism Trust, Rodrigo Esponda, said in an interview for Los Cabos a la Carta and Cabovisión Noticias that Los Cabos is the destination with the most hotels with the "Virtuoso" label in the world.
From Las Vegas, the director of FITURCA explained that "Virtuoso" is a network of travel agencies that market the destination in all activities, so the promotion and marketing of the destination is essential to guarantee the success -as always- of the November and December high season.
This year the World Meetings Forum is held in the tourist destination of Los Cabos, an event aimed at the events and conventions sector, as well as leaders of the Meetings Industry who provide great benefits to Los Cabos from reservations made in advance, the average rate is higher and the chain of contracted services is broader compared to traditional services.
He mentioned that 6.8% of GDP in the state according to the last measurement carried out, is directly related to the Meetings Industry in addition to the fact that Los Cabos has set the example in the application of protocols such as the application of Covid tests, where, he recalled , last year was an event free of contagion by Covid 19.
In financial matters, Rodrigo Esponda mentioned that "there are a series of pending transfers for promotional activities ... we work with a budget that is being authorized in the technical committees of the trust that is based on the reports of income from the lodging tax" this, after a debt by the Ministry of Finance of Baja California Sur to FITURCA for 130 million pesos. However, Rodrigo Esponda mentioned feeling sure that it is something that will be resolved, since they are in dialogues with the authorities, for which he recognizes there is good will on the part of the working groups between the Private Sector and the authorities to arrive to a prompt resolution.
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