Días HermoZIHsimos

The Midwest brings more people to the area than flights from the coast. So who cares, won't affect anything.

I reminded the mayor that his Blue Flag policies were responsible for many of those foreigners not coming or choosing a different destination such as Troncones. I know in your case you don't care about the Blue Flag rules, but the same year Ixtapa saw it's "certificación de playa limpia" which banned pets from the beach, I began receiving e-mails from property owners and long-term renters in Ixtapa saying adiós. Some of those properties are STILL for sale because the market is so bad. A trend that has only continued with the Blue Flagging of Playa La Ropa. Since the bureaucrats and politicians don't live from tourism, they couldn't care less. They only care about the high NUMBERS of visitors, a number inflated by the busloads of people who come here, sleep ten to a room if they stay overnight at a cheap hotel, (not all bus tourists stay overnight), bring everything with them in coolers, and leave lots of garbage behind while hardly spending anything here except maybe at Oxxo. While we're all happy to see those tourists enjoy themselves, using their numbers to justify bad policies only fools the poorly informed. The situation in the centros comerciales of Ixtapa clearly shows the results of almost 10 years of bad policies: a cheapened tourist destination rotting from within, unable to sustain the local population it was supposedly planned for.

I am not so sure your have the "pulse" on everything. The only real policies that killed business is "all inclusive"
The only thing that has saved some business are the condos that have been built in Ixtapa.

Your real estate woes are not true. Our building for example has 177 units and there is a no pet policy since the building was built. Since I have rented in the building since inception and now own, there has been many changes. One major change is the amount of units for sale. I have NEVER seen such a low inventory of units for sale in the building, EVER.

There has also been a shift to younger people buying condos in the building.

The fact is, traveling with a pet on vacation is a big pain in the ass. Also this number of people who do this is low compared to the rest of us.

For Ixtapa, I see the beach rules as a non factor.