{"id":2814,"date":"2020-10-08T12:21:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:21:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:21:51","slug":"army-will-build-new-tulum-airport-completion-slated-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accesstomexico.mx\/blog\/army-will-build-new-tulum-airport-completion-slated-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Army will build new Tulum airport; completion slated for 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MEXICO NEWS DAILY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new airport in Tulum, Quintana Roo, will be built by the army and open in 2023, President L\u00f3pez Obrador said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the project at his morning news conference, L\u00f3pez Obrador said that military engineers will build the facility, as is occurring with the new Mexico City airport that is under construction at the Santa Luc\u00eda Air Force Base north of the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe we\u2019re going to start work at the beginning of next year,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to formally open it in 2023; it\u2019s already a fact that this project will be carried out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president said that 1,500 hectares of land were set aside for the airport after former president Felipe Calder\u00f3n announced a plan to build one in the popular tourism destination in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the facility will be built across two government lots near the town of Tulum. One is owned by the Ministry of Communications and Transportation and the other belongs to the Ministry of the Navy, L\u00f3pez Obrador said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He rejected claims that the Tulum airport will be in direct competition with that in Canc\u00fan, Quintana Roo\u2019s premier tourist destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s thought that it will be in competition with the Canc\u00fan airport but it won\u2019t be. The truth is that there is room for two [airports]. There\u2019s room for Canc\u00fan airport to continue having a large influx [of passengers],\u201d L\u00f3pez Obrador said, adding that the Maya Train project, also slated to begin operations in 2023, will generate more demand for flights to Quintana Roo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The markets took a different view of the airport announcement. Shares in Canc\u00fan airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur) sank almost 6% last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the additional details provided by the president, it remains unclear how the Tulum airport project will be funded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have to wait and see what the composition of the capital will be,\u201d Dar\u00edo Flota Ocampo, director of the Quintana Roo Tourism Promotion Council, said before today\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[It could be] private or public sector [money] or also a mixture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quintana Roo Tourism Minister Marisol Vanegas P\u00e9rez said that L\u00f3pez Obrador\u2019s announcement last week that an airport would be built in Tulum took state authorities by surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was really unexpected for us as well as a lot of people in Quintana Roo,\u201d she said, adding that it remained to be seen how the airport will be funded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanegas said that having an airport in Tulum will be \u201cextraordinary,\u201d asserting that it will help the state recover from the current economic downturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luis Javier Alegre Salazar, a federal deputy who represents Quintana Roo, said that the announcement that an airport will be built in Tulum is \u201cgreat news\u201d for the state. \u201cThe president\u2019s announcement \u2026 is another example of the federal government\u2019s commitment to tourism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico News Daily Staff. (2020). Army will build new Tulum airport; completion slated for 2023. M\u00e9xico.\u00a0Mexico News Daily Staff<\/em>. Recuperado de\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/mexiconewsdaily.com\/news\/army-will-build-new-tulum-airport-completion-slated-for-2023\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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