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AI has no place in Ixtapa. These are not resorts and the value the guests are getting isnt good. The Ixtapa shopping and restaurants for the small area it covers should boom from the hotels being so close to them and they aren't.

Those are some pretty sweeping statements, amigo. We enjoyed a 2 week AI once (in Guayabitos, Nayarit) when it was the only quick and reasonable alternative after we'd had to cancel a longer Mexican holiday due to illness. And I'm not ashamed a bit to say we enjoyed that 2 week AI. Now, however, it's "been there, done that" and I doubt we would try AI again.
Who decided "AI has no place in Ixtapa"? In Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Los Cabos, Manzanillo, Acapulco, Cancun etc., etc.....but not Ixtapa? Why not?
And what's your definition of a "resort"? If it's a place where you can chill out for a week or two and have all your needs fulfilled, it seems to me Ixtapa has lots of those.
Yes, it's a shame the shopping areas in Ixtapa have fallen into disrepair and restaurants have closed - due, without question, to the preponderance of AIs across the street. Maybe the blame should be laid at the feet of Fonatur for miscalculating vacation trends? But banning AIs would be just as unpalatable as forcing all Ixtapa hotels to become AIs. Maybe you have, but I haven't heard anyone say "We'd love to stay at a non-AI hotel on the beach in Ixtapa but there's nowhere to eat anymore." And by the way, there are still several "European Plan" hotels on the beach. Wonder how they're doing, compared to the AIs?