Secretary of Tourism, Luis Huberto Araiza Lopez, call for a special work meeting to

analyze the current situation of the tourism industry. To decide how to active to the damages that this pandemic situation cause.

Araiza Lopez emphasized the need to be united get solutions and made a common work plan to help the tourism industry to pass the crisis.

All the secretaries of Mexico are working together with the private sector to find answers and new ideas to prevent economic losses and work places.

Specially to help families of the truism industry. 

He Call for open channel to the Federal Government to activate economic mechanism that will help the industry.

Titular of SETUES and president of ASETUR, were compromise to made common front to help the tourism industry.

To insurance that soon as possible this industry standup again and continue to produce open works and economic prosperity.

Although until now in BCS had no coronavirus cases, the effects begin to see on the tourism industry.

Last long weekend was reported 76% of booking, and not main cancelations, On the other hand the booking is lower, that was reported by Lizi Orci Executive President of the Hotels Association of Los Cabos.

¨We are monitoring constantly all the hotels on the area, and they report that no massive cancelations, but we are watching every minute… We saw that the tourism groups are the most affected, and the number of bookings are drop down¨

FITURCA association will take responsibility to prepare an strategy to repair this situation.

The current Spring Break season was 30% lower, specially from young people from the States and Canada, also this Tuesday the season was canceled. 

All the reservation from this month were translated to July.

¨The tourism company that bring the the main number of tourist for the Spring Break, contact us and inform to prevent and health recommendation they will transfer to July all the open orders¨

Originally we had 17,000 reservations but after the main cancelation they were only 7,500. For July.

On the other hand, this company increase the Los Cabos publicity on their countries,

They want to reach 10,00 more orders.

Remaining the safety measures on the hotels, she said:

¨We have a work plan according whit pandemic progress, we cleaned all the public areas,

antibacterial gel was provided to the guests and we recommended to them wash the hands periodicaly¨

• Chaired the meeting of the CONAGO Executive Tourism Commission

• Called for a common front to mitigate the effects on tourist activity caused by the Coronavirus pandemic

When leading the meeting of the Executive Tourism Commission of the National Conference of Governors (CONAGO), Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis summoned the heads of state entities, Federal authorities and private initiative to join forces and jointly establish actions that mitigate the impact that tourist activity will have in Mexico as a consequence of the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus (Covid-19).

In a meeting that took place in Mexico City, the South California president, president of CONAGO and the Tourism Commission, pointed out the importance of working in one direction only because, in addition to being one of the main axes of the economy, It is one of the sectors most sensitive to all the measures that will have to be taken to deal with this contingency.

“Let there be no doubt, the priority is to contain the pandemic and the priority is the health part; However, not to see that priority, we can not see the other part, the effects it may have on the tourism industry in Mexico, which occupies a good part of the economy, such as in Baja California Sur, which is 75% of GDP, which it is what is going to happen, in what time spectrum is going to happen and what mitigation measures can be taken to be able to endure this emergency, ”he said.

Mendoza Davis highlighted the importance of this meeting to listen to and have the opinions of health specialists and the visions of the Ministry of Tourism, from areas such as civil aeronautics and ports, as well as academic opinion and private initiative.

In this act, in which the Secretary of Federal Tourism, Miguel Torruco Marqués, the President of the Union of Secretaries of Tourism of Mexico, Luis Humberto Araiza López, the President of the National Tourist Business Council (CNET), Braulio Arsuaga Losada; As well as specialists in health, the academic sector and private initiative, as well as Civil Aeronautics and Ports, the South California president pointed out that although the priority is to contain this pandemic and avoid a greater number of infections, it is also to protect one from the main economic engines of the country, in this case tourism.

In this sense, he welcomed the response received from those attending this call, since he said it was extremely important to establish a working table where the effects that this pandemic will have on tourism in the Mexican Republic and in which space are analyzed of time will have to occur, in order to take the corresponding mitigation measures to cope with this emergency.

The president of CONAGO, stated that being able to have the opinions and visions of the experts in each of the issues that concern this contingency, will allow strengthening the action protocols in this line, in addition to implementing more effective strategies to deal with this virus.

Finally, the General Director of Health Promotion, Ricardo Cortés Alcalá reported that at the moment there are 93 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the country, 206 suspected cases that are under study and 672 that have been discarded after analyzing their samples in laboratories. accredited.

In this meeting with governors, Cortés Alcalá established that the national health system carries out specific surveillance and epidemiological control actions to reduce the spread of the disease. In this way, it is possible to detect suspected cases in a timely manner, carry out laboratory tests and establish the isolation of patients at home, in order to reduce the risks of transmission, and highlighted that until now in Baja California Sur there are no confirmed cases of Covid-19.

Last weekend, Governor Carlos Mendoza Davis issued a message through his social networks.

Initially, he pointed out that according to specialists, in a few days, the country will enter scenario 2 of the health emergency that will require greater care.

He pointed out that fortunately, BCS remains free of covid-19, but it is certain that it will come, so he added that it is everyone's responsibility to prevent a widespread contagion from occurring very quickly, preventing its increase from exceeding the installed capacity of the services of Health.

On the infrastructure that has to face this disease, he explained that there are 17 hospital units:

"132 units of primary health care, with more than 4,800 professionals, including doctors, nursing and laboratory personnel."

He said that there is a ready and sufficient inventory with more than a thousand hospital beds, of which 125 can be reconverted immediately and 119 clinical ventilators.

He said there are enough reagents for analysis of suspected cases.

On the other hand, he mentioned that as part of the epidemiological surveillance actions, sanitary filters are being installed in ports, airports and roads entering the State:

"Where we will review the body temperature of those who arrive and if we find a suspicious case, we can bring them closer to specialists in the health sector."

He called on parents to review their children and pointed out that if they are ill, it is better not to send them to schools.

He explained that they also make available the phone 6121995386 of the Ministry of Health and the website coronavirus.bcs.gob.mx to find official information on the subject.

He called not to panic shopping:

"That they affect other families and also the household expenses ... If we buy antibacterial gel or any other input, we must acquire only what is necessary, let us not be selfish. Do not cause shortages and a greater risk of contagion by citizens who could not protect themselves with supplies that we have unnecessarily stored. "

He concluded by saying that the State Health Safety Committee is in permanent session and added that he has instructed the creation of a scientific technical committee:

"That he will accompany me all the time to make the best decisions with every opportunity."