Turistas en AbundanZIHa

American Airlines will be flying from DFW at the beginning of November several days a week. Right now, it's expensive - over $1,000 in coach, but that should come down. With my Inapam card and a condo we've owned for almost 20 years, I'm not the target demographic. Sure, we go to restaurants, the mercado and Soriana, but we are not in the vacation rental market and already have plenty of stuff like, clothing, furniture, art, etc. much of which was purchased locally. It seems like the pace of development has slowed, so people setting up a new home with mattresses, furniture and art may be slower as well. In season, Zihua is already hard to get around, and there may be a limit to growth where the experience becomes less desirable.

Old gringos who own property contribute to the economy in season, but it's mainly restaurants, food and entertainment with HOA fees paid to cover administrative staff. Busloads of nationals add more people, but the economic impact is not that great. All inclusives provide steady employment at the hotels and guests who come for a week may buy some souvenirs. Maybe with directed marketing, there could be rampant growth like Cabo, Cancun and PVR. We could have a similar homogenous experience albeit with more money circulating in the local economy. We went to a Ruth's Chris steakhouse in Cabo a few years ago and I asked if the tuna was fresh. I was told, in one of the world's sport fishing capitals, that it came from their commissary in Chicago to maintain quality across the brand.

By the way, July 24th is national tequila day in the US. No idea why.