Q.R. Riviera Maya — According to Fonaur’s Director of Strategic Management, the Maya Train’s Sections 1 through 4 are close to reaching their midway point in terms of completion. According to statements made by Violeta Abreu González, Director of Strategic Management and Institutional Liaison at Fonatur, on Friday, it was reported that the first four segments had just a little bit more than 47 percent of their work completed.
She became well-known as a result of her participation in the First Ordinary Session of the Tourism Consultative Council (CCT) 2022. This meeting was presided over by Miguel Torruco Marqués, who is Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism.
During the meeting, Torruco Marqués remarked that the Maya Train will act as a stimulant for the economy, jobs, and general well-being of the communities, which will help to equalize growth and minimize inequalities between tourist centers and remote districts.
He emphasized that the initiative will help the southeast, which is the region with the greatest economic disadvantage, by fostering improved productivity, an increase in economic benefits, the creation of jobs, and the promotion of sustainable development, environmental protection, and land use planning. This will help the southeast.
According to Torruco Marqués, the train would cover a distance of 1,554 kilometers, connecting the states of Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. Along the route, there would be 20 stations, and more than 190 important tourist spots would be dispersed across the route.
He stressed that, up from 17th place in the world’s foreign exchange in 2018, Mexico will rank second internationally in the arrival of foreign visitors and ninth in foreign exchange revenues by the end of 2021.
He went on to say that at the end of this year, Mexico is expecting a total of 42.3 million tourists from other countries, which is just a 6% decrease from what they expect to get in 2019. “This macroeconomic data tells us that we are on the right path, fulfilling the mandate of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to make tourism a source of progress, well-being for Mexicans, and a true tool for social reconciliation,” he said. “This macroeconomic data tells us that we are on the right path, fulfilling the mandate of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to make tourism a source of progress.”
As part of the Program for the Improvement of Archaeological Zones, work is being done on a total of 26 different archaeological zones, including 11 different Visitor Service Centers. This information comes from Abreu González.
She also noted that the project’s first through fourth components are 47 percent built and that the opening ceremony is slated to take place in December of 2023.
SOURCE: https://www.riviera-maya-news.com/fonatur-reports-first-four-maya-train-sections-nearing-half-complete/2022.html