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To avoid job losses in the northern zone of the entity arising from the healthcare contingency, the president of the Mexican Caribbean Tour Operators, Doris Mingüer Alcocer, proposed to the Municipality of Othon P. Blanco and the State Secretariat of Tourism (Sedetur) that they create scholarships for experts in the tourism and restaurant industry in the north to come to Chetumal to train their counterparts in the south of Quintana Roo.

MEXICO, DF, May 5 .- Félix González Canto, Governor of Quintana Roo, said they are working together to have ready a Mexican cruise port before the month of June, after the suspension of the arrival of cruises to Mexico because of the epidemic of influenza A (H1N1).

In the capital, renters in the "new" market were supported by the Municipality of Othon P. Blanco, when a series of measures taken will start this Wednesday to protect them from damage caused by unfair competition from street vendors and improve their sales, said the market manager, Manuel Carrillo. Ro­dol­fo Es­pa­das Is­té, director of community economic development explained, following an internal meeting between tenants and local authorities, that new provisions within the market of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano will have people there to instruct and keep out the unauthorized vendors. He stated that the project will be gradually established in other markets, and was not made to eliminate what was decided at the November 27 last year meeting between the officials of the Commune, the EU directiv of tenants and the coordinator and administrator of the Lázaro Cárdenas market."

MAHAHAUL, OPB .- After a huge Easter brought more than 17 thousand visitors in three days, the Mahahual resort "returned to reality" and was mostly evacuated despite being the weekend. This situation has been created -- from the viewpoint of authorities and service providers-not just by the financial crisis, but the health risk in the country.

Were it not for the fishing tournament "Copa Gobernador" (Governor's Cup) that takes place in its waters, the most important destination for the South Zone is more like a "ghost town", say merchants and residents.