Construction begins in 1st Quarter 2011 - Playa's Center for Youth Integration

While buying Playa del Carmen real estate brings many advantages to Canadians and Americans, through their purchases and residency in the area, funds have become available for building a better society for the local population as well. Equally as important to the continued attraction of Playa Del Carmen is the development of its local resources to meet the growing changes brought on by the incoming residents.

One example is the Center for Youth Integration which had its construction begun during mid-April 2011. The new center is located in a newly developing area which includes one of the city’s newest hospitals, an upcoming Red Cross clinic, and a number of well laid out working class subdivisions, offering a comfortable lifestyle for the people behind the tourism industry in this city.

The purpose of the center is to offer sports, cultural, educational and healthy entertainment to the area’s youth and avoid social problems before they begin.

While the cost of living is very low for North Americans, and property taxes are likewise low, the income produced for the city goes a long way for the local Mexican community. And a reasonable number of Mexicans from throughout the country have received a much better opportunity for a decent lifestyle because of foreign tourism, foreign investment, and even foreign real estate buyers in the area.

Many expats living in the area also choose to participate more directly in the community, working with kids’ baseball teams, or contributing in some other way to the community’s general well being. To engage this development further, the local Rotary Club is involved with the project and meets every Wednesday at 9:15pm at the Continental Hotel in Phase 1 of PlayaCar. The Rotary meetings are open to the public to learn more or  find ways to participate.

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Millions in investment coming to the Riviera

According to the Quintana Roo News today, "For the next two years projects with assets now totaling over 300 million dollars for the state will be recieving capital investment," said Juan Pablo Mirabent, president of the Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI).

Of the total investment that will trigger the real estate sector, $ 350 million is for luxury developments such as Puerto Cancun, Cancun Malecón. In addition also provides for the construction of a hotel in Puerto Morelos.
The other considered projects include Marina Cozumel. The interviewee highlighted as a "great project of the National Fund for Tourism Development" and stakes to build a hotel on the Riviera Maya, whose announcement was made yesterday following publication of state investments that reactivate the economy of Cancun, said real estate leader.

To note, there was talk of an even larger invesment, "an investor announced a large injection of 800 million dollars for the initial phase of a luxury hotel between Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen" said Mirabent. However, it more realistic to expect the 300 million to affect the economy in the short term.


The projects to be reactivated in Puerto Cancun, ocean waves, will have 100 to 150 million dollars from the group Bay View Grand, he said. This is a condominium project in the central part of the area. A Spanish investment group will be allocated $ 100 million also for Puerto Cancun. This part is already in the process of marketing and is expected to be completed within a couple of years.

It is also considered the reactivation of Malecon Cancun will be the capital of the National Tourism Fund and private developers. For the resort in Puerto Morelos, $ 100 million earmarked by the group Grand Residence, which has strong national capital to shareholders, he said.

All these investments to our destination are real indicators of the beginning of a period of recovery in the housing sector entity, with its positive effects of trawling on the state's economy, said Mirabent. The expert noted that the reactivation process is evident also by other factors such as better placement of bank loans and the allocation of funding from the National Fund for Workers' Housing. "

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Tourist Tianguis EXPO 2012 possibly coming to Quintana Roo

In an interview with Juan Carlos González Hernández, the Tourism Secretariat of Quintana Roo, he recently said that he trusted the Technical Commission of the federal Tourism Secretariat will act transparently when choosing the venue for the upcoming 2012 Tourist Tianguis (Marketplace). He said the best venue for the Tianguis was Quintana Roo.

“I hope the Technical Commission will act with transparency and honesty because we are the best choice,” he said and added that Quintana Roo has more than 90,000 hotel rooms available.

Furthermore, five of every 10 foreigners who arrive in Mexico by plane do so via Quintana Roo. Cancún has three convention centers that measure more than 10,000 square meters. The state’s infrastructure is at its peak condition, therefore, it would not be necessary to invest resources into improving it, González said.

Quintana Roo has a lot of experience in organizing large national and international Tianguis conventions that have been a complete success. This shows that the state is more than capable of hosting the Tianguis next year.

González said that one of the reasons why it was decided to hold the Tianguis somewhere other than Acapulco, was that Mexico needs to increase tourism-related sales and guarantee that exhibitors and buyers reach agreements that will benefit both parties and Quintana Roo’s tourist sector focuses on achieving this.

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Keeping the Enviornment First

As responsible development of the Playa Del Carmen area continues, the vision for sound environmental awareness is engaged by the General Directorate of Environmental and Urban development. Recently, environmental education was promoted in the Solidarity with the Fourth State Children's Drawing Contest Organic "Quintana Roo between Forests and Forests.”

The objective of the contest was to instill environmental education and awareness. Playa Del Carmen responded with this contest after listening to people who require conservation and protection of natural resources and realizing the beauty of this area is key for its continued attraction to tourism. The winner will participate in the state, to be held on 5 June, World Environment day

The Director General of Social Development, Sergio Sosa Humberto Tolosa, stressed the importance of involving Playa Del Carmen with the surrounding culture. The competition fostered the unity of the citizenry, by involving teachers and students in 20 schools, as well as parents.

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Local athletic facilities highlighted by Mayor Martinez

In response to public demand and through the Playa Del Carmen Municipal Institute of Sport, the municipal government makes daily activities that promote physical activity and healthy living accessible to all residents of the City of Playa Del Carmen. In this respect, athletes from different ages are welcomed to engage recreational activities implemented by the mayor Filiberto Martínez.


The engagement of the sporting culture is reinforced by the maintenance of sports facilities and formation of league play. Most noticeably to the citizens and visitors of Playa Del Carmen is the Inter Playa Stadium at street 34 and avenue 10. Users of this unit are supported by the municipal workers, who check the grounds, perform the maintenance, and keep track of the calendar for scheduling its resources.

Mayor Filiberto Martinez Said “These worthy spaces allow the family unit and the welfare of children, youth, adults and seniors.” The work plan designed by the Institute to integrate the organization of leagues and tournaments that will increase citizen participation and take sport to all corners of the municipality.

Because of the Municipal institute of sport, and the resultant availability of coaches, these sport programs provide opportunity to endorse healthier lifestyles and help youth remain socially engaged in productive activity. In the sports category, the people of the Solidarity of Playa Del Carmen, believe that sport is important for keeping society healthy

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Financing your home in Mexico

When you get ready to do your homework on getting financing for your Mexico home…the good news is that it is now easier than ever. It used to be a cash only business. For most people, this made the possibility a little challenging.


Mortgages In Mexico had a record-breaking year in 2010 as more buyers realize that mortgage financing IS a viable alternative to paying all cash. Why risk 100% of your cash when you can purchase a property in Mexico with only 25% down and leverage the remaining 75%. Of course, good credit is the common denominator. Without good credit, one doesn’t have a position to negotiate with lenders. So the primary consideration that an informed buyer needs to ask themselves “how would I like to leverage my good credit for use in property in Mexico?”

Sellers are looking for a fast closing and a contract with few or no contingencies. And having a great credit score in the US-Canada, in effect, is the same as “cash is king” now. This allows a buyer to take a loan position with a qualified lender, and capitalize on the rapidly increasing property values of the Riviera. Considering you have great credit, the bottom line is to make sure that the area you decide to buy property is the location you do truly want most -either as an investment or as a retirement home. Once you’ve figured that out, “connecting the dots” for a good loan rate from a North American Bank will be easy.

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Mexico Today: The Facts from the Fiction

As the saying often goes “facts are stranger than fiction.” Here in beautiful Playa Del Carmen Mexico, we have a few facts worth repeating. And even the main stream press sources of yahoo news and el Universal news reported on President Calderon’s interview in Las Vegas yesterday, emphasizing these same facts.

South Mexico is so safe and non-violent; the only shots getting taken are tequila. According to the article on yahoo news: “Calderon said the vacationers encountered no problems. ‘Let me tell you, I saw thousands, thousands of spring breakers in Mexico having fun,’ Calderon said. ‘And from my understanding, the only shots they received were tequila shots — a lot of them.’"

There are two bottom line facts to get clear.

1) There is no drug related violence on tourism.

2) Fear of insecurity, not insecurity itself is the Fiction.

As the tourism industry represents such a significant driver and percent of Mexico’s GDP, it is not in any good business interest to engage any activities that stand to remove a market segment of such nature. And the other issue, that doesn’t need danced around is the Fear of insecurity vs. insecurity itself. "The crime itself, serious crimes are not affecting tourists, the worst word that begins with" F "(from fear) is fear, people are afraid, yes, but we got millions of people as tourists in Mexico and you can count on one hand the incidents with international tourists, I think it is 0.01%, " Calderon said. The President reiterated that there are problems in places like Ciudad Juarez, exemplified, but the rest of the country "is a peaceful place."Felipe Calderon assumed infrastructure and health and said that if Americans want addressed in Mexico, could do even reported that there are a million of them receive medical care in Mexico.