More than 500 attendees will be present at the National Meeting Tourism Congress in

Los Cabos from today until August 23, and hosting the twenty-sixth National Congress for Meetings Tourism.

More than 500 people related to the Meetings Tourism industry and from all regions of the country are expected to be in attendance:

"In the twenty-sixth national congress of the meetings industry, 500 congressmen will come plus special guests, in short, approximately 550 people who are going to discuss, that we are going to work on training, development, business, and most importantly public policies, we are going To work with the federal secretary of tourism, we will work with the tourism commission of the Chamber of Deputies and of course with the State through its Secretary of Economic Development, Tourism and Sustainability with Luis Humberto Araiza and of course with  Rodrigo Esponda and FITURCA "said Jaime Salazar Figueroa, President of the Mexican Council of the Meeting Industry.

He also mentioned that Los Cabos thanks to its hotel infrastructure, its Convention Center, among other aspects, it is ideal for the realization of such events:

"Los Cabos is an ideal destination for the meetings industry in terms of hotel infrastructure, transportation, services, gastronomy, etc., in order to receive congress, conventions, commercial exhibitions, including those of international standing.

The edition done to  the Los Cabos Convention Center already full after  long time of abandonment, now makes Los Cabos fabulous for commercial exhibitions of type B2C, B2B to receiving  world-class congresses, in short Los Cabos is now  ready to be the # 1 destination in the country for the meetings industry. "

Rodrigo Esponda head of FITURCA said that these kinds of events provide important projection for Los Cabos:

"This is the National Congress of the Industry of Meetings the most important event that we will have in the year for the quality of the assistants that attend, they are the main organizers nationwide, they’re the companies that manage congresses, conventions, expos and incentives at the national level and therefore this gives a projection to the destination of the facilities that we have, of the new hotel facilities, of the hospitality and quality that the destination  offers to receive this  kind  of programs in the future ".

It was announced that last year 310 thousand meetings were held in the country, including exhibitions, congresses, conventions and incentive trips, so it’s imperative to have an increasingly growing participation in that market.

"On average, 30.3 million rooms were used by the meetings industry in 2018 throughout the country and generated a spill in round numbers of just over 22.4 billion pesos," said Jaime Salazar.

He also said Los Cabos is so important for tourism, that the Federal secretary of the branch, Miguel Torruco, of Tourism and Sustainable and Economic Development of Baja California Sur Luis Humberto Araiza and the president of the Commission have already confirmed their presence to the event of Tourism of the Chamber of Deputies, Luis Alegre.

The Congress will be held over the next three days at the International Convention Center of Los Cabos and has among its objectives to publicize new tourism products specialized in the meetings industry, as well as support the development of productive chains, business links through networking, as well as the training and professionalization of tourism service providers.

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In a recent conversation with Baja California Sur Secretary of Tourism, Economy and Sustainability Luis H. Araiza where he stated that occupation in the 25 thousand hotel rooms in the state is progressing at an excellent pace:

“… We are registering very good occupation especially in the southern part of the state that’s privileged by the US and Canadian markets.  On average in Loreto, La Paz and Los Cabos we are talking about figures close to 70%, which is a very good indicator and that the curve that was regularly lowering because it is not “in season” was more pronounced and right now we are benefiting as well by hosting more national tourists.  Loreto is at 63%, La Paz and Los Cabos are both above 70% occupancy ...”

He also noted that compared to last year we have a significant growth.

“I would say that with growth of just over 10% compared to last year and last year we received around three and a half million visitors just by air and cruise ships, we hope to exceed that figure by more than 10% this year.”

On the disappearance of the national Tourism Promotion Council and the impact that could have on tourism in this entity, he said:

 “… the absence of the CPTM I believe it is going to have a disadvantage in the medium term especially for the country brand, however, being Baja California Sur a destination that depends to a large extent, on 70% of the northern market that are the United States and Canada, we will continue to attract them, we will continue to promote there, we are also diversifying the market with sports tourism, adventure tourism and with European tourism ..”

On the impact of tourism on the state economy, he stated:

 “…the gross domestic product that is the wealth generated in a state, we are above 13%, well above the national framework, where the average is around 2%. This year the country is hardly going to reach that 2%, and we are well above the second place that is at 6 or 7%, so then we are with very good numbers... ”

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During a press conference, organizers for the second edition of the San José del Cabo Restaurant Week, extended an invitation to all the area restaurants to be part of this gastronomic festival held from October 19th to 26th and whose main objective is “to promote San José del Cabo as a gastronomic destination”

Currently, there are more than 31 restaurants are participating, twice as many as in the previous year, and expects to have the assistance of tourists, and locals, to know and taste the gastronomical proposals of the participating restaurants with a cost of approximately $800 pesos per person.

Organizers also highlighted that for Los Cabos, gastronomy is a great differentiator and has been gaining ground as an attraction for the destination, this event adds to those already positioned, like the Bisbee, fishing tournament with the largest purse in the world, the San José del Cabo Restaurant Week kicks off the high season for Los Cabos.

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Argentina took the first blow at the Mifel Tennis Open, presented by Cinemex, with an exciting victory of its partner made up of Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman, over the pair of the Mexican Gerardo López Villaseñor and the British Cameron Norrie, in a duel corresponding to the First round held at the Hot Grandstand.

Albiceleste players, seconds of planting, prevailed in the super tiebreaker of the third set; the final partials were 6-1, 4-6 and 10-6, with which they advance to the second round, where they expect rival that will leave the match between Australians Max Purcell and Luke Saville, against the Monegasque Romain Arneodo and Hugo Nys.

Pella and Schwartzman started a swinging drum and broke their rivals' service three times to take the first set. However, came the reaction of López Villaseñor and Norrie that encouraged by the public managed to win the second set, to send the game to the definition, where the Argentines showed their highest quality to win the game.

In another doubles duel, the French Lucas Pouille and Gregoire Barrere, qualified for the second round, with a comfortable victory in just over an hour, with a 6-3 double over the Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja Indians.