Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - The mayor on the violence

The mayor on the violence (reply)

rojo — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:06:45 +0000

Mayors response is not at all surprising with his non involvement with attracting tourism to this area. His response might be acceptable if he was representing some small mountain village, but a tourist area such as Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa needs someone in his office to work with the community to help make it safe for visitors. If Zihua gets a bad reputation for safety, tourism will die and it will be many years to correct his inaction.

The mayor on the violence (reply)

Helene — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:57:42 +0000

Not the best response from the Mayor. Pretty callous in fact.

The mayor on the violence (reply)

Gringo Viejo — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:47:36 +0000

A basic concept in marketing: You must continuously "grow" your market share. People dies and for many other reasons they drop out of the customer base. They must be replace otherwise your customer base will decline to zero.

The mayor on the violence

OlsenMN — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:57:51 +0000

Laughing this morning at the article quoting the mayor (see link) on the effect of violence on tourism, that it wouldn't matter because of "“No afectan, Zihuatanejo es un lugar muy querido, ya tiene sus visitantes cautivos que siempre vienen, como los canadienses, cada periodo vacacional”, expresó."

And he is right, in the sense that those who have always come will return (that first Westjet this Friday will be full to the brim with Canadians here until Semana Santa). But new visitors, in my opinion, not so much.

http://bajopalabra.com.mx/sobre-la-violencia-solo-hay-que-tomar-nota-de-ello-alcalde-de-zihuatanejo