Almost unnoticed amid the excitement surrounding the presentation of The Royal Tour television program was the announcement that Adriana Pérez is quitting as general director of Fonatur (the National Fund for Tourism Development). Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara just happened to mention this in passing. Fonatur gave the world Cancun, Los Cabos, Ixtapa, Huatulco and Loreto. Well, Los Cabos already had been discovered. Loreto languishes and the promised rebirth of Huatulco appears to have aborted. Other master planned resort developments have been announced, and then seem to have been forgotten. Reported reason Ms Pérez quit was to join the campaign of Ernesto Cordero, a former finance minister who hopes to be Mexico’s next president. Oh, and The Royal Tour will be aired tonight on PBS.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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