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KETZALTOUR NEWS 4 Visit to International Fairs ScenicPacificRailroadChihuahua-chepe ThenumberofmagicaltownsinMexico

RECOMMENDATIONS 8 Videoofinterest Pilgrimages

FESTIVITIES 10 OctoberFestivities FairCuetzalan,Puebla(MagicTown) paradisebetweenmountains InternationalCervantesFestival Fairalfeñique FeriadeTlaxcala GuadalupanasboosttourismfestivalsinMexicoCity

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KETZALTOUR NEWS

Ketzaltour will be present in Mexico’s pavillion in the following International Tourism Fairs.

There are daily departures in both directions. From Chihuahua and from Los Mochis.

VISIT TO INTERNATIONAL FAIRS

IMPORTANT. CHIHUAHUA PACIFIC SCENIC TRAIN–“CHEPE”.

RIMINI, ITALY OCTOBER 08TH - 10TH / 2015REPRESENTATIVE: ANA LAURA RAMIREZ

LONDON, ENGLAND NOV. 02ND - 05TH / 2015 REPRESENTATIVE: MR. RENE LUIS RODRIGUEZ CANO

BARCELONA, SPAINNOV. 17TH - 19TH / 2015 REPRESENTATIVE: ANA MARTINEZ

MADRID, ESPAÑA JAN. 20TH - 24TH / 2016REPRESENTATIVE: MR. RENE LUIS RODRIGUEZ CANO

MILÁN, ITALY FEBRUARY 11TH - 13TH / 2016 REPRESENTATIVE: ANA LAURA RAMIREZ

BERLÍN, GERMANY MARCH 09TH - 13TH / 2016 REPRESENTATIVE:MR. RENE LUIS RODRIGUEZ CANO

INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MAGIC TOWNS IN MEXICO:

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According to the Federal Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) as part of the World Tourism Day, the Secretary of Tourism, Enrique de la Madrid Cordero has declared the new designationof 28 new Magic Towns, and with them, a total of 111 Magic Towns.

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MAGIC TOWN STATE MAGIC TOWN STATE

ACULCO STATE OF MEXICO ORIZABA VERACRUZ

ALAMOS SONORA PAHUATLAN PUEBLA

ARTEAGA COAHUILA PALENQUE CHIAPAS

ATLIXCO PUEBLA PALIZADA CAMPECHE

BACALAR QUINTANA ROO PAPANTLA VERACRUZ

BATOPILAS CHIHUAHUA PARRAS DE LA FUENTE COAHUILA

BERNAL QUERETARO PATZCUARO MICHOACAN

CADEREYTA DE MON-TES

QUERETARO PINO ZACATECAS

CALVILLO AGUASCALIENTES REAL DE ASIENTOS AGUASCALIENTES

CANDELA COAHUILA REAL DE CATORCE SAN LUIS POTOSI

CAPULÁLPAM OAXACA REAL DEL MONTE HIDALGO

CASAS GRANDES CHIHUAHUA SALVATIERRA GUANAJUATO

CHIAPA DE CORZO CHIAPAS SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS CHIAPAS

CHIGNAHUAPAN PUEBLA SAN JOAQUINQUERETARO QUERETARO

CHOLULA PUEBLA SAN JOSE DE GRACIA AGUASCALIENTES

COATEPEC VERACRUZ SAN JUAN DEL RIO QUERETARO

COMALA COLIMASAN JUAN Y SAN PEDRO TE-POSCOLULA

OAXACA

COMITAN CHIAPASSAN MARTIN DE LAS PIRA-MIDES

STATE OF MEXICO

COSALA SINALOA SAN PABLO VILLA DE MITLA OAXACA

COSCOMATEPEC VERACRUZ SAN SEBASTIAN DEL OESTE JALISCO

CREEL CHIHUAHUA SANTA CLARA DEL COBRE MICHOACAN

CUATRO CIENEGAS COAHUILA SANTIAGO NUEVO LEON

CUETZALAN PUEBLA SAYULITA NAYARIT

CUITZEO MICHOACAN SOMBRERETE ZACATECAS

DOLORES HIDALGO GUANAJUATO TACAMBARO MICHOACAN

EL FUERTE SINALOA TALPA DE ALLENDE JALISCO

EL ORO STATE OF MEXICO TAPALPA JALISCO

EL ROSARIO SINALOA TAPIJULAPA TABASCO

GUERRERO COAHUILA TAXCO GUERRERO

HIUCHAPAN HIDALGO TECATE BAJA CALIFORNIA

HUAMANTLA TLAXCALA TECOZAUTLA HIDALGO

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PUEBLO MÁGICO ESTADO PUEBLO MÁGICO ESTADO

HUASCA DE OCAMPO HIDALGO TEOTIHUACAN STATE OF MEXICO

HUAUCHINANGO PUEBLA TEPOTZOTLAN STATE OF MEXICO

HUAUTLA DE JIMENEZ

OAXACA TEPOZTLAN MORELOS

ISLA MUJERES QUINTANA ROO TEQUILA JALISCO

IXTAPAN DE LA SAL STATE OF MEXICO TEQUISQUIAPAN QUERETARO

IZAMAL YUCATANTEUL DE GONZALEZ ORTE-GA

ZACATECAS

JALA NAYARIT TLALPUJAHUA MICHOACAN

JALPA GUANAJUATO TLATLAUQUITEPEC PUEBLA

JEREZ ZACATECAS TLAXCO TLAXCALA

JIQUILPAN MICHOACAN TLAYACAPAN MORELOS

LAGOS DE MORENO JALISCO TODOS SANTOS BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

LINARES NUEVO LEON TULA TAMAULIPAS

LORETO BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR TULUM QUINTANA ROO

MAGDALENA DE KINO SONORA TZINTZUNTZAN MICHOACAN

MALINALCO STATE OF MEXICO VALLADOLID YUCATAN

MAPIMI DURANGO VALLE DE BRAVO STATE OF MEXICO

MASCOTA JALISCO VIESCA COAHUILA

MAZAMITLA JALISCO VILLA DEL CARBÓN STATE OF MEXICO

MAZUNTE OAXACA XICO VERACRUZ

METEPEC STATE OF MEXICO XICOTEPEC PUEBLA

MIER TAMAULIPAS XILITLA SAN LUIS POTOSI

MINERAL DE AN-GANGUEO

MICHOACAN YURIRIA GUANAJUATO

MINERAL DE POZOS GUANAJUATO ZACATLAN PUEBLA

MINERAL EL CHICO HIDALGO ZOZOCOLCO DE HIDALGO VERACRUZ

NOCHISTLAN ZACATECAS

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RECOMMENDATIONS

POINTS OF INTEREST

We invite you to watch the video named Because we are so much more... ¡VIVA MÉXICO!, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcKpFp5HAA ) a video where we may see the natural beauties, archaeological zones and many more attractives that we may enjoy in Mexico.

For all the pilgrimages we will be giving each passenger a “passport” which will be sealed at the moment they visit every sanctuary.

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GREAT PILGRIMAGE TO THE BASILICA IN DECEMBER

Includes:

Accomodations at the Hotel PFTransfers and tours described in the program Price per pax in Single accomodations USD 555Price per pax in Double accomodations USD 399

Dec -10th -15

THU Arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Dec -11th -15

FRI

Breakfast. Basilica of Guadalupe and Mass and City Tour. We will see the 3 Cultures’ Square, site of the Church where Juan Diego was christened. We will continue to the Basilica of Guadalupe. In 1531 The Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego and the Basilica was built to honor the Virgin. We will visit the Present Basilica and the Ancient one, as well as the museum. We will visit the “Pocito” and the Gardens. We will go uphill where we will see the Church dedicated to Juan Diego. Return to the hotel. In the evening transfer to the Basilica (8 hours.)

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BUFFET BREAKFAST

Mass at the Holy Family Church and Teotihuacan. After Breakfast departure to the Holy Family Church dedicated to Saint Miguel Pro who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Mass at 09.00. We will continue to Tulpetlac, place where the 5th apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe took place. We will continue to Teotihuacan Pyramids. Through the modern Highway to Pachuca, we will arrive to the Archaeological Zone of Teotihuacan, the City of Gods, located at about 30 miles northeast from Mexico City and where we may admire the impressing Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, walk through the Avenue of the Dead, see the Butterflies Palace and the Temple for the Plumed Serpent, Quetzalcoatl.

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SUN AMERICAN BREAKFAST – LEISURE TIME

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MON AMERICAN BREAKFAST – LEISURE TIME

Dec -15th -15

TUE

AMERICAN BREAKFAST

TFR OUT MEXICO (BETWEEN 23:00 AND 06:00 THE TRF must be privately requested).

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FESTIVITIES

Each year, beginning on the first Saturday from October until the first Sunday in November, the feasts of October, one of the most important cultural expressions from Guadalajara, will be celebrated at the Benito Juarez Auditorium and in several different venues.

Guadalajara, Jalisco October 03rd – 31st

The October Feasts are tradition, and have been “Tapatia” history for more than 40 years. In them, the reputation that these have reached is cared at every moment, as well as the public order and morals, while procuring that their difussion and correct organization give them a better status on a national and international scale.

OCTOBER FEASTS

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For nineteen days, Guanajuato will become the Continental Cultural Center,

Cuetzalan del Progreso is a municipality in the state of Puebla; a beautiful town of which you will fall in love due to its warmth and beautiful places. Its Fair has been celebrated for more than 50 years, which speaks to us about the firm traditions rooted in this place.

Guanajuato, October 07th – 25th, 2015

From September 30th to October 06th, 2015.

with the participation of 3,518 artists from 31 countries.

This year, the LXVI edition of the Coffee Fair and the LII edition of the Huipil Fair wil be celebrated. Handicrafts, delicious coffee, gastronomy and many traditions are some of the things you will live and enjoy in the fair of Cuetzalan, 2015.

INTERNATIONAL CERVANTINO FESTIVAL

CUETZALAN FAIR, PUEBLA (MAGIC TOWN) PARADISE BETWEEN MOUNTAINS.

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FESTIVITIES

It is a colorful and traditional fair that takes place in the famous Portals from the city of Toluca, which are located in the downtown section of the city and surround the Cathedral Church dedicated to Saint Joseph.

Its most typical activities, are the sale of “alfeñique” sweets, sugar skulls, “puchas” and typical sweets at the Portals. A wide variety of sweets made with sugar by the best artisans. Those days, there will also be many other cultural activities, such as theater performances, children workshops,

The most expected regional fair in Tlaxcala is outstanding for presenting the best shows in its Palenque. This year, it will be no exception, and this important venue

Toluca, State of México, October 09th / – November 02nd / 2015

Tlaxcala, October 24th /– November 17th / 2015

expositions, lectures, gastronomical shows, competitions, concerts, contests, offerings and much more.

The word “alfeñique” has Arabian origins, it is the name that was given to a cooked sugar paste which was stretched and twisted in thin bars. Nowadays, this name is given to the confectioner’s sugar figures that are made for the Day of the Dead.

The traditional Alfeñique and Regional Sweets from Toluca Fair has been celebrated since 1989 with the aim of invigorating the milenary tradition of the Day of the Dead.

in the Fair will feature a complete program for everyone to enjoy, with the aim that the public may spend an unforgettable night in the company and voice of their favorite performers.

ALFEÑIQUE FAIR

TLAXCALA FAIR

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With the Celebrations for the Virgin of Guadalupe Day, the economic turnover generated by tourism in Mexico City during December will increase to 543 million 897 thousand pesos, informed Mexico City’s Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco.

The Minister specified that for the Virgin’s celebration we are expecting the arrival of 2 million 171 thousand 092 visitors, of which 83 thousand 871 will arrive to hotels, while 125 thousand 187 visitors will find accomodations with family or friends.

Mexico City, December 12th, 2015

In a communication, Torruco stated that one million 962 thousand 124 hikers (travelers without accomodations) will also arrive to our country capital, coming from the metropolitan zone from Mexico’s Valley and the State of Mexico.

Also, visitors from Puebla, Queretaro, Morelos, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Michoacan and Veracruz, who jointly will generate a turnover of 98 million 543 thousand pesos.He added that on December 11th y 12th, the hotels occupation will reach 76.8 per cent.

THE GUADALUPAN FEASTS ENHANCE TOURISM IN MEXICO CITY

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