The Mexico City Tourist Festival is a concurrent event at the Tourist Tianguis and will take place on Avenida Paseo de la Reforma on March 25. (Special)

He Mexico City Tourist Festivalwill arrive in the capital the next day March 25 and will offer different cultural activities for three consecutive days, that is, it will end on the 27th of the same month.

The Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum He announced the news through his official Twitter account and social media like Instagram. “We will take Tianguis Turístico 2023 to the streets,” he assured. Therefore, this extension of said event, “Mexico City Tourism Festival” will take place at Paseo de la Reforma and in the Bosque de Chapultepec.

“Where the 32 states of the country will show their culture, folklore and traditions”

The festival will be installed in the Paseo de la Reforma and will go from Glorieta of the Angel of Independence at the Fountain of Diana the Huntress. The visiting hours of the inhabitants of the capital will be from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

It will offer exhibitions from the 32 states of the country, sale of crafts, local products and various activations will be available in the Chapultepec Forest. “States will be able to demonstrate their culture, their folklore, their traditions.

It should be noted that the Mexico City Tourist Festival is a simultaneous event at the Tourist market which is mainly a trade exhibition where “Mexico will show itself to the world as the capital of business for four days”. Since it will take place from From March 26 to 29 at the Citibanamex Center.

The 47th edition of the Tianguis Turístico will take place at the Citibanamex Center in CDMX.  (Tianguis Tourist Facebook)
The 47th edition of the Tianguis Turístico will take place at the Citibanamex Center in CDMX. (Tianguis Tourist Facebook)

For Mexico City, tourism is very important, it represents 9.1% of the capital’s GDP and at the national level, it represents 18.74% of the country’s tourism GDP. In CDMX, 14 percent of employment with activities related to tourism, in this sense it is the entity that contributes most to tourism employment in the country.

CDMX and new tourism demands after the pandemic

– Safe city

– City connected 24/7

– Durable and with outdoor activities

– Efficient and safe mobility

– Authentic experiences

– Innovative City and Rights

– Ethical, united and inclusive city

Mexico City’s Secretary of Tourism, Nathalie Desplas, assured that “Mexico meets all these requirements and makes life very easy for tourists”.

“Tourism is the second largest employer of women”

To involve the population in a business-oriented Tianguis, the Ministry of Tourism he chose to go out on the streets and involve the inhabitants of the capital in the activities. For this reason, the scenarios selected for the Tourist Festival is a main and extremely busy avenue, as well as one of the most visited sites which is the Bosque de Chapultepec.

In 2022, 38.3 million international tourists entered the country.  (PHOTO: ELIZABETH RUIZ/CUARTOSCURO.COM)
In 2022, 38.3 million international tourists entered the country. (PHOTO: ELIZABETH RUIZ/CUARTOSCURO.COM)

In short, there will be a business tourism in the Citibanamex Center, purchasing power tourism in the Paseo de la Reforma and leisure tourism.

Tourist market 2023

The announcement was made at the beginning of February and since then 1,113 national and international buyers, 685 companies from 55 countries, 1,097 exhibitors, 592 companies and the country’s 32 federal entities have already registered.

In addition to economic and commercial activities, there will be a Academic program in which people like Rosario Marín, Mexico’s first woman as Treasurer of the United States, or Carlos Slimchairman of the board of directors of Telmex, will offer masterful conferences.

To attend the tianguis you must register on the event page: tianguisturistico.comwith a cost of 200 dollars (3 thousand 600 pesos MXN) for buyers and 300 dollars (5 thousand 500 pesos MXN) for average participants.

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