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I don’t see how you can blame all inclusive resorts for closing a movie theater? We don’t stay at an all inclusive when we travel yearly to Ixtapa but going to a movie would be on the very bottom of my bucket list (wouldn’t even be a thought for my bucket) of things to do while enjoying the beauty of the area. If the area received daily afternoon rains like the gulf coast maybe I would consider a movie however times and technology are changing and movie theaters are struggling everywhere. It’s much easier and more comfortable to stream a new release in the comforts of your home. We eat Breakfast and Dinner out everyday on our vacation that money spent helps the local economy much more than cutting 1 of them meals out to go to a movie. I believe that the concern about safety of the area or traveling anywhere in Mexico is what is driving people to all-inclusive (not us). Most of our friends (40 age group) would never consider staying anywhere in Mexico without all inclusive option because of that fear or fact. If we could get the area downgraded from a do not travel that may also help then the airlines might add a few more flights.

Sorry for getting off topic a bit on my reply about the movie theater but thought as a daily reader and a seldom poster it would be ok to offer a response from a different perspective and person.

I appreciate your comments, but they seem a bit unnecessarily defensive.

Besides locals, Mexican families on vacation used to frequent Ixtapa's shopping centers and its movie theater quite a lot before the pandemia and before all-inclusive became the only option for the majority of Ixtapa's hotels. The current situation has for years attracted such cheap tourists that Ixtapa's shopping centers started closing their shops. Hardly anyone here (except politicians) has any money to spend and unfortunately that includes the tourists staying in most of Ixtapa's hotels.

This has been a problem of much discussion in our community in recent years, though I was the only person discussing it for years until relatively recently.

I try to keep up with comments by locals and visitors on the local movie theaters' pages on Facebook, and previously there would be quite a lot of discussion and excitement about going to the movies, including by visitors, but the pandemia has really hurt a lot of local businesses, and too many of our visitors have less purchasing power than ever. We have been at an unsustainable level now for too many years.

Though some folks in the local tourist industry are finally discussing the problems I've been pointing out for many years, it seems to be too little too late, and too many of them simply look out for themselves at the expense of the community. That's the problem with having corporate-owned hotels dominating a major sector of our local economy. And the local government as well as Fonatur collect their same paychecks whether Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa prospers or not, so they tend to only simulate their jobs as much as possible. All the tutti-frutti colors painted everywhere don't change a thing.