It is not just us gringos that spur tourism!

An entertaining read, when translated by Google. It would be interesting to know what the average amount spent per day is, per visitor National vis a vis Foreign.

What has happened over the years is that the relatively affluent middle class Mexicans come here in lesser numbers while the less affluent lower-middle and lower classes come here in greater numbers. Most of Ixtapa's commercial areas have become run down because the tourists who stay in Ixtapa's now almost exclusively todo-incluido hotels don't purchase anything away from the hotel, and in Zihuatanejo the streets are noticeably empty of cars because most tourists are arriving by bus and stay 5 or more to a hotel room, often bringing much of their food with them (which is why they get extra pissed off when the so called Eco-Guardianes take away their glass bottles and styrofoam plates and coolers. I have yet to see anyone fined or even scolded for littering, but don't dare be an affluent pet owner and try to go to the beach because you will quickly be harassed by the city government's Eco-Guardianes. Since glass is much more environmentally friendly than plastic, I find the ban on glass containers at the beach absurd.

So now our tourism officials brag about how the number of warm bodies arriving here are up, ignoring completely their declining purchasing power as if nothing else mattered but MORE PEOPLE. Businesses are dying and closing in both Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, and our "responsible authorities" have nothing to say on the matter. #PobrePueblo