Carlos Martínez Velázquez, general director of the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund of Mexico City, informed that they will do road and mobility works for the World Cup and beyond with money from a green bonus, banking funds and the collection of more taxes on the payroll charged to companies.
“There is an emission of a green bonus (which will be issued by the Ministry of Finance of Mexico City), the use of a mixed background as a lever to anchor a part of the infrastructure and additional resources for the increase in payroll tax,” said the official.
He emphasized that today there are three sources of financing for the short and long term infrastructure of Mexico City.
The representative of the Government of Mexico City added that the sources of financing will be for the construction of works to strengthen mobility and roads for the 2026 World Cup.
For the World Cup is the investment in the reinforcement of the Light Rail from Taxqueña to Xochimilco, so 17 new trains will be bought for that service, “that will lower the waiting time Xochimilco.”
Surely many capitalists can already go to train Xochimilco, as well as there will be a safer and more fast transport route that exists today, said Carlos Martínez Velázquez.
“The trains will be bought in the face of the World Cup, but it is a legacy that becomes for the south of the city and the Azteca stadium,” he said.
The money invested in infrastructure for the World Cup in Soccer in 2026: “They are not from the World Cup, although they will be ready for the World Cup, they also strengthen the mobility of that southern zone.”
Another important work is the construction of a trolebús that goes from the University City to the Azteca Stadium.
Recently there were changes in the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund of Mexico City to invest in tourist infrastructure in the capital of the country, he recalled.
You can only consolidate a tourist destination investing or in infrastructure and promotion, he commented
“We are going to announce the total investment for tourist investment and we are making a fiduciary certificate, which we are going to issue together with the private banking. Once it is already, because the announcement of the issuance of the certificate will be made and how much of that resource will go to the infrastructure of Mexico City,” he explained.
The Government Plan of Mexico City is to increase the number of tourists 30 percent for 2030: “What does this mean in numbers? In 2024 we receive 13.8 million tourists and we want to reach 20 million tourists and consolidate ourselves”
To achieve this we are with a promotion strategy in international markets, such as at the Fairs in Madrid, Berlin, Colombia, Frankfurt and “We are going to the Tourism Fair to London,”
A second strategy is to boost congresses and conventions, which are 26 percent of the lodgings of Mexico City and for that you need to have more event
“That is why it is very good news, that we were managing since the end of last year the Talent Land will change headquarters and leave behind eight years of headquarters in Guadalajara, so they decided to come to Mexico City and here will be several years,” he said.
Congress and Sports Tourism are key in Mexico City
“Congress and Conventions Tourism represent 26 percent of the global tourism of Mexico City, so one of the strategies we have is to increase the trips of the congressmen,” said the general director of the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund of the CDMX.
Raúl Martín Porcel, International CEO of Talent Network, reported that they will carry more than 30 thousand entrepreneurs, developers and technology companies to Talent Land Mexico, an event will be held in Mexico City in April 2026, after for more than eight years it was held in Guadalajara.
“The objective is to maintain the arrival of 30 thousand congressmen for Talent Land in Mexico City, that number of visitors were received in Jalisco, but there is an infrastructure to receive 100,000 attendees,” said the businessman.
The budget to carry out Talent Land in Mexico City is 40 million pesos, although “if the event grows, since the investment will grow by a greater number of sponsors, you attend,” added the representative.
Land Mexico’s talent gives a boost to congress and conventions tourism in Mexico City, said Carlos Martínez Velázquez.
The general director of the Mixed Tourism Promotion Fund of the CDMX added that young people will find in the Talent Land Mexico a conversion of their capabilities to be inserted in the labor market.
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