TIJUANA. The sluggish pace at which people cross the border on foot due to customs procedures, both into the U.S. and Tijuana, have caused a drop in tourists from Asia going into the region, reasoned Francisco Villegas, president of the Tijuana Conventions and Tourism Committee (COTUCO).
Villegas pointed that this committee has been trying unsuccessfully to schedule a meeting with a representative of Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) to discuss the safety measures that hinder tourists from swiftly crossing the border, mainly the Asian population, which accounts for 250 to 300 people a day.
"The tourism sector's concerns are very big", he continued, mentioning that this year's expected income from that sector is of a billion dollars.
COTUCO's president affirmed that the committee is working hard to improve the border's pedestrian crossing, a necessary change to streamline the visitor's registry and tending to the Chinese visitors in their own language, who make up a big part of Asian tourists overall.
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Translated by axel.alcala@sandiegored.com
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