At an event in Los Pinos — the Executive Mansion — President Enrique Peña Nieto announced that the Apple Leisure Group (Apple Vacations, AM Resorts, but no computers) plans to invest $600 million in resort projects for Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and the Riviera Maya. Accompanied by Tourism Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu and by Alejandro Zozaya, president of Apple, Peña Nieto underscored the importance tourism holds in the Mexican economy. He declared that the hospitality industry has grown by 6.6 percent this year, adding that his goal is to make Mexico a “world class tourism destination.” Only recently he stated that his administration — which ends in2018 — will invest 100 billion pesos in tourism infrastructure, improving airports, harbors and roads, among other things.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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