After the passage of a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, Tejada commented that there will be few businesses that will participate in this edition of Buen Fin. “ANTAD, for example, tells us that less than 10% of its stores will be participating; It has 135 stores and eight or 10 stores will participate,” he told the media at the end of the Buen Fin 2023 launch conference.
He added that the same happens with those affiliated with Concanaco, since only 10% of Acapulco companies will participate in this edition of Buen Fin.
Once the strong winds calmed, port residents began arriving at grocery and convenience stores to get food. However, images and videos showed that they left these places with appliances, electronic devices, alcoholic beverages and other items that had nothing to do with getting food.
Prior to the robbery, in Chedraui the employees were delivering groceries in an orderly manner, then everything got out of control and people entered the branch located next to the La Isla shopping center to take out what they could.
“Now our challenge is Acapulco, to recover this important port,” commented José Antonio García Herrera, president of the National Chamber of the Radio and Television Industry (CIRT). Likewise, he pointed out that El Buen Fin is an opportunity to promote the development of the country and Mexicans.
“We hope that, as much as possible, it will help the economic recovery of Acapulco and the surrounding municipalities,” said the president of the confederation while pointing out that the regional chambers continue to collaborate to help in the reactivation of the port.
Just as the confederation, civil society and private initiative have joined forces to help in the reconstruction and reactivation of the port of Guerrero, through donations in kind and cash.
Likewise, he described as “good news” that next year’s Tourist Tianguis will take place in Acapulco. “It will be able to accelerate the recovery, not only of the hotels and the Convention Center, but the surrounding businesses will be forced to be ready.”
There is still no recovery percentage in the port. Next Friday there will be a meeting with the Secretary of Tourism to continue planning the recovery of the tourist destination.
Programs like El Buen Fin not only make it possible to boost consumption, formality and financial and digital inclusion, but will also have a “very important ingredient to detonate the local economy,” said Jorge Juraidini Rumilla, General Director of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE). during his participation in the press conference.