Los Cabos, BCS. _ The governments of the Sea of Cortés Region seek to create a Nautical Ladder to boost the domestic tourism.
The project covers 16 local ports, some of which are more visited than others by international tourists, such as Los Cabos o MazatlanThe company intends to activate other points of smaller scale, but with ample potential.
Alfonso DurazoGovernor of Sonorasaid in the Summit 2024 Cities with a Future. No fear of action from Sea of Cortez Forum that 2.2 million cruise ship tourists visit the region each year, especially visitors from the United States and Canada. United States y Canadaand that the Nautical Ladder would be an option for these international visitors to get to know other areas of the Sea of Cortez.
"The idea is to create a cruise ship company, small cruise ships, that will allow us to take people, those 2,200,000 tourists, and give them the option of getting to know the Gulf of California," he said.
The proposal is a government project that was born in 2021, but is still under development and is currently open to private investment.
"I have not seen among entrepreneurs, among private investors that they are encouraged, because they usually look for consolidated markets and here it is about starting a market," Durazo said..
With this proposal, the governors of the region are betting on the economic activation of communities and the creation of new employment opportunities focused on tourism.
"A greater presence of visitors is going to help the people along the Peninsula to have income. It is very easy from the outside to say that it has an environmental impact, everything has an environmental impact, but it is about rewarding, because there is a greater impact, which is hunger," said the Governor of Sonora.
The ports and communities to be included in this nautical ladder are San Blas, Islas Marías, Mazatlán, Topolobampo, Huatabampo, Guaymas, Bahía de Kino, Isla Tiburón, Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe, San Luis Gonzaga, Santa Rosalía, Mulegé, Puerto Loreto, La Paz and Los Cabos.
The governors of the Region see the area as a simile of the Mediterranean, but with greater tourism potential given the natural characteristics, under a vision of creating ecotourism attractions to take advantage of the beauty of the Sea of Cortés.
