The high point of a visit to the Guadalajara area by Great Britain’s Ambassador to Mexico Giles Paxman was the signing of a collaborative project with the Jalisco government to improve competition and regulatory reform in the state.

Jalisco Tourism Secretary Aurelio Lopez Rocha has called the drop in visitors to the state and the plunge in hotel occupancy “irrelevant” and “insignificant.”

Jalisco Governor Emilio Marquez is expected to head the inaugural ceremonies that will kick off a celebration on Wednesday, July 30 of the end of renovation work along the western leg of the Chapala Malecon.

Scavengers at Guadalajara’s largest landfill are on a collision course with neighbors who want the smelly, contaminating dump closed for good.