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The PRI federal deputy from Acapulco, Fermi Alvarado Arroyo, celebrated the fact that President Felipe Calderon has taken the initiative of the Tourism Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, of which he is secretary, who repeatedly raised the need to convene a national agreement to promote tourism, which on Monday was marked at the National Palace with the participation of all stakeholders in this important economic activity.

The latter, under the presidential declaration of 2011 as the Year of Tourism in Mexico, “through a decree, and where the Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara Mango, acknowledged the momentum of federal deputies of the Commission members Tourism, to sign the national agreement.

“We need to apply all to counter the drop in tourism in our destinations such as Acapulco, especially with a medium-term to recover the seventh place in the world was Mexico, but which today is ranked 14 as host country of thousands and millions of tourists, and as a recipient of millions of dollars in foreign exchange from this activity, “said Fermi Alvarado.

He added that the fall does not only happen with the season of spring break, because if there is an analysis of the last 10 years of rule by the PAN, Mexico fell from the seventh-place tourism at 14, “and that is a call attention for governments, employers and for all Mexicans, as after oil the main source of foreign exchange and employment in Mexico is tourism.”

The secretary of the Tourism Commission of the Federal Legislature LXI, said that in future we need restoring tourist activity in the country, strengthen, support and really see tourism as the economic phenomenon it is. “We-stressed-be facilitators of promoting tourism, improving the image and quality we offer at our destinations as Acapulco.”

At the same time, and to the decline in international tourism in Mexico, Fermi Alvarado urged thee federal government to consolidate an emerging fund extraordinary financial resources, allowing rescue the image of the holiday destinations of the country, who have been affected by collateral damage related to the fight against crime.