Consider this: Should the residents of Ajijic have been consulted about the designation of their village as one of Mexico’s Pueblos Magicos (Magic Towns)?
With public consultations all the rage (see story page one), is it not a smart move to ask the people who live in a community to opine about a major decision that, while likely to attract more tourists and cash, may have unforeseen detrimental consequences, such as impact on local infrastructure, services, traffic, etcetera?
That’s exactly what many of the 1,800 inhabitants of Sisal, Yucatan, believe. This seaport town in the municipality of Hunucmá some 40 kilometers from Merida was the southern state’s principal port during the henequen boom, and was named a Pueblo Magico in December, 2020, at the same time as Ajijic. Returning the once famous port to its past days of glory has been an aim of successive Yucatan state governors.
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