MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s archaeological government said Tuesday that it expelled cast members from a popular display of local truth “Jersey Shore” from the Mayan ruins of Uxmal after behaving like “immature” and refusing to wear masks or stick to social esture regulations.
It is the most recent circular of bad promotional paintings in Mexico’s desperate attempt to revive its tourism industry, which has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
It turns out that the young torn actors of the popular Mexican real show “Acapulco Shore” – which the Yucatan state government described as “influencers” – were invited to make a stopover in the ruins shortly after their reopening to inspire tourists to return. .
But the National Institute of Anthropology and History said that half a dozen members of the “were invited to leave, according to the rules of fitness. “
Employees of 1,000-year-old Mayan temples, palaces and pyramid schemes said the cast had acted as “immature” and refused to adhere to regulations shown requiring face mask and social distance. The photos posted on social media showed them clowning around and posing closely. touch on the most sensitive of an ancient structure.
Yucatan officials denied paying cast members, but declared that the stopover was part of a promotional crusade and defended the invitation.
Michelle Fridman, Secretary of State for Tourism of Yucatan, wrote in a tweet that “influencers were not paid a single weight. “Nor was it a half-minded idea, but a component of a strategy included in the COVID recovery plan, and if we measure the impact thoroughly, we estimate that we have earned two hundred million visits for a domain in urgent need of promotion. “
Fridman’s workplace did not respond to requests for comment, but his position was “any news is smart news” in a state where tourism is of great importance.
Tourist arrivals at Mexican airports fell 93. 4% at the worst time in May, and even with projections seeming to be somewhat recovering at the time of 2020, the year is expected to end 42. 8% below 2019 levels. Mexico.
The Uxmal clash only clashes with the most recent bankruptcy in a bad year for the promotion of Mexican tourism.
In August, due to disputes over bills and the English edition of the country’s tourism website, its website gave the impression of funny mistakes.
On the website VisitMexico. com, states such as Hidalgo and Guerrero have automatically translated as “Noble” and “Guerrero”. The Caribbean beach hotel in Tulum has become a “monkey”. And the names of other tourist cities were also mutilated.
Mexico’s Department of Tourism issued an apology for allegedly outsourced errors and then submitted a redesigned page.
The problem came right after the US State Department did not have a problem. But it’s not the first time He cited the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico for issuing a “do not travel” notice to the country in August, his level of caution.
And before that, the beach hotel of Acapulco forced to take out tourist ads of “everything is allowed” that showed other people partying without mask and the words “there are no rules”.
Classified ads touted the faded station’s reputation as a nightclub venue, despite the fact that nightclubs are lately closed to social distance.
“We stopped being a postcard from the past, we replaced the rules,” the narrative says in one of the videos taken.
“There are really no rules,” the voice says, because you can tell that other people eat strange meals and go out to nightclubs. “Eat whatever you want, have fun day and night and until the early hours of the morning. new friends and new loves. “
The government stated that the ads were not suitable for the coronavirus pandemic.