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The News / Mexico City, March 29, 1999.
S.L.P. HOSTS ADVENTURE TOURISM MEET
By RON MADER
Special to The News
CIUDAD VALLES, S.L.P. - Mexico's most ambitious,
state-led adventure tourism conferences ended
Sunday, March 13, in Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi.
The city hosted the First International Adventure
Tourism Congress in the Huasteca Potosina. Unlike
traditional conferences that present formal lectures
for several days, followed by familiarization trips, this
congress combined both formal presentations and
outdoor expeditions, including rafting, rappelling and
hiking.
Conference presentations were given by Alberto Sainz
from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, guidebook
writer Ron Mader and Mexican ecotourism specialists
Angel Nieve, Jorge Trujillo Rincon and Carlos Lascano,
among others.
An exposition area accompanied the congress where
distributors of adventure tourism equipment displayed
biking, mountaineering and rafting equipment.
Expositors included Mexico City's Deportes Rubens and
Monterrey's Outdoor Life.
More than 150 people attended the conference that
ran from March 17-21.
The conference was so successful that Alejandro
Morales, director of tourism for San Luis Potosi,
promised a follow-up conference in the beginning of
the year 2000. "It's not the world's obligation to know
about the Husteca region," he said during the closing
panel. "It's our job to inform the world about what the
Huasteca region has to offer."
Mexico is currently going through a boom in
ecotourism and adventure tourism conferences and
workshops. Mexico city's National Autonomous
University (UNAM) will conduct a two week course in
ecotourism at the beginning of June. Later this
summer, the northern border state of Chihuahua hosts
its Third International Festival of Adventure Tourism
from July 5 to 18.
Related websites:
http://www.planeta.com
Planeta.com: Eco Travels in Latin America
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