Cancun, QR. The owner of the Quintana Roo Tourism Promotion Council (CPTQ), Javier Aranda, announced that as of last October, the debt inherited by the previous administration now exceeds 800 million pesos.
The official had previously said that the debt was 600 million pesos, but as they have been reviewing the financial status of the organization, the amount of debt with suppliers has grown.
He denied that there was mismanagement of the resources by the previous management of the council, simply, he said, the resources did not reach the Council and they had to continue working while the debt continued to increase.
He also assured that the enormous debt will not affect the promotional campaigns or the operation of the CPTQ for the following year, since the governor Mara Lezama has ordered that the budget exercised by the agency in 2023 be for normal operation, that is, the expense will not be used for debt payment, since it will be liquidated by the Ministry of Finance and Planning.
At the end of July of this same year, still under the administration of Carlos Joaquin Gonzalezthe then director of the CPTQ, Darío Flota Ocampo, assured that the organization’s debt amounted to 600 million pesos.
The former official assured that it is newly contracted debtsince the CPTQ was born without the liabilities inherited by the trusts that for years managed the tourist promotion of Quintana Roo, such as the Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Riviera Maya Tourism Promotion Trust, whose debts were absorbed by the Ministry of Finance and Planning (Sephiplan).
Before the change of administration in September of this year, the CPTQ settled a debt claimed by Expedia for bipartisan campaigns that the CPTQ carried out since 2018, very early on in the Council itself, and which extended throughout 2019.
The contracted services consisted of digital advertising from the Mexican Caribbean that was displayed while a search was carried out through the Expedia page.
In addition to this debt, Flota Ocampo recognized that the CPTQ at the end of the government of Carlos Joaquín González had liabilities of around 600 million pesos with airlines, advertising agencies and other various providers. In the end, the new administration ensures that the debt is around 800 million pesos.
