One of the original five master-planned resort areas promoted by Fonatur (National Tourism Development Fund), Huatulco languishes. A group of bays on the Pacific, about 200 miles east (look at a map!) of Acapulco, by now Huatulco was supposed to have as many hotel rooms as Cancun. No way. Most of the original names (Sheraton, Crowne Plaza, Club Med) are gone and a promised re-launching might be said to have sunk. Angel Cruz, president of the local hotel association, and Alejando Zozoya, general director of AM Resorts, are among those expressing disappointment. Big need is a modern highway inland to Oaxaca, something that has been promised for years. Promises continue to be made.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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