Turistas en AbundanZIHa

I have friends who love taking cruises. They get to see so many places - for a few hours or maybe a day and there are a lot of activities. I would rather settle in some place for a couple of unstructured weeks and do some day trips, but to each their own. We rented a house in Oaxaca for a month and it was great.

Cruises are good for advertising places like Zihuatanejo, and often cruise ship passengers return to places they found unique and pleasing, like Zihuatanejo. Which is why I fight so much with the current local government for doing its utmost to imitate other places with all its painted cement and palm trees. As you know, Zihuatanejo used to be quite unique for being an authentic Mexican community. But for folks who travel to Miami Beach, Vallarta, Manzanillo, Acapulco and other big resort areas you'll now see how Zihuatanejo's mayor has tried to imitate the look of those other places. We've lost much of our authenticity. Now our pedestrian streets look so different from the surrounding neighborhoods that they look 100% like tourist traps instead of like places locals would hang out. It was better when they had a bit of grit and grime on them. It made our visitors feel a bit more adventurous and like they were in a place where locals could be found instead of like streets where only tourists shop.

Renters and buyers of course contribute to our economy, but the problem is if we continue going that route of trying to sell and develop all our real estate, it quickly runs out, and then the natural beauty gets lost in all the cement and gardens and so does the local community who quickly get priced out of existence.