Mexico Just Got More Magic

Photo: Sectur

PULSE NEWS MEXICO

The magic of Mexico keeps on growing.

On Tuesday, June 27, Mexico’s Tourism Secretariat (Sectur) added 45 new cities to it official roster of Pueblos Mágicos (Magic Towns).

With the addition of the new cities, Mexico now boasts a total of 177 Magic Towns.

The cities cover a broad swathe of the country, across 27 of the nation’s 32 states.

The new Magic Cities are: Pabellón de Hidalgo, Aguascalientes; Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur; Candelaria, Campeche; Copainalá, Chiapas; Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas; Guachochi, Chihuahua; Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua; General Cepeda, Coahuila; Jilotepec, State of Mexico; Otumba, State of Mexico; Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, Guerrero; Zihuatanejo, Guerrero; Acaxochitlán, Hidalgo; Metztitlán, Hidalgo; Cocula, Jalisco; Sayula, Jalisco; Temacapulín, Jalisco; Cotija, Michoacán; Tlaltizapán de Zapata, Morelos; Xochitepec, Morelos; Ahuacatlán, Nayarit; Amatlán de Cañas, Nayarit; Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit; San Blas, Nayarit; Puerto Balleto (Islas Marías), Nayarit; General Terán, Nuevo León; General Zaragoza, Nuevo León; Huejotzingo, Puebla; Teziutlán, Puebla; Pinal de Amoles; Querétaro; Cozumel, Quintana Roo; Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí; Tierra Nueva, San Luis Potosí; San Ignacio, Sinaloa; San Carlos, Sonora; Ures, Sonora; Frontera, Tabasco; Teapa, Tabasco; Ixtenco, Tlaxcala; Córdoba, Veracruz; Naolinco de Victoria, Veracruz; Espita, Yucatan; Motul; Yucatan; Tekax, Yucatan; and Villa Nueva, Zacatecas.

Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco Marqués, said that, by being included among the nation’s Pueblos Mágicos, these cities could expect an annual bump of 8 percent in tourism revenues.

Leave a Reply