A favorite weekend retreat for foreigners living in Mexico City, Tepoztlán has regained its designation as a Pueblo Mágico or Magical Town. The title is awarded by the federal Tourism Ministry to small, usually out-of-the-way communities considered potentially attractive to tourists. Tepoztlán lost the designation last August when the Ministry declared local authorities had failed to remove garish signs and peddlers who erect stands on sidewalks.
According to the Morelos state tourism office, Tepoztlán actually received a record number of tourists last year but it lost eight million pesos distributed to Magical Towns by the Ministry each year and saw real estate values tumble. Mexico has about 35 Magical Towns, at least one in every state. Newest is Santa Clara de Cobre, a Michoacán town famous for its copper.
--Jimm Budd
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