City Reports Improved Tourist Traffic With No Problem Incidents
With thousands of students in town for Spring break, 7,500 bike enthusiasts here for The Rosarito Ensenada Bike Ride and thousands more vacationing over the Memorial Day weekend, all having come and gone without major crime incident, the City is optimistic about seeing more tourists returning over the summer season.
"Each event brought more visitors despite the less-than-perfect weather," said Laura Wong, President of the Rosarito Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Even though hotel occupancy was down slightly more than 20 percent from last year, Memorial Day was an improvement over Spring Break and was actually better than we had anticipated," she went on to say.
Despite the negative American media reports involving crime and tourists, the city is proud to say that not one incident regarding American tourists and major crimes was reported during any of these events which is actually amazing when one considers the odds. How many U.S. cities can make that kind of claim?
"Steps taken by new Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres to increase visitor security and comfort also have helped tourism rebound," Wong added.
Those include establishing a Tourist Police Force and an ombudsman's office to assist visitors. The Convention & Visitors Bureau also had two information booths during the Memorial Day weekend, one on downtown Boulevard Benito Juarez and one in the Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village, where higher numbers of tourists are more common.
It is unfortunate that the American media does not report this type of information to its viewers, listeners and readers.