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Harley's and Bikes in Cozumel

This is going to be an annual event in Cozumel....  so prepare your beasts for some fun in the sun.

 Come and Visit Soon!   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4WtL_MSps

 

Cindy

http://www.cozumelmexicohomes.com

Cozumel for Aaron Faulls "Into The Drink"

This July 16th thru the 23rd, the new dive/destination show "Into The Drink" starring Aaron Faulls will be filming in Cozumel. It has taken a lot of time, energy and grass-roots efforts to be included in the show, which will air in syndication starting in January 2010.

If you are free on those dates, and want to see what the filming is like C'MON DOWN!!! It is sure to be a blast. Just book the cheapest flight you can find, and your favorite hotel 

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New entertainment in Cozumel

BOHEMIAN NIGHTS! Music and art at the downtown Plaza (Benito Juarez) by the waterfront. The people of Cozumel invite you to get to know one of their most historic and traditional locations, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30PM to 10:30PM. Come watch the Caribbean's most spectacular sunsets, then enjoy great music and the special ambience of the Plaza which has always been Cozumel's traditional gathering spot!

Recovery in Cozumel slow in coming.. but coming!!

Recovery Still Seems Distant The economic recovery of Cozumel after the flu scare warning has been more talk than what is reality. In fact, the week that begins this Monday will be noted as the true reactivation of the main market for the local tourism that are the cruisers and the little thing that up to now has advanced, has been in its greater part for the large consortiums and wholesale businesses of "tour operators". The sector that has been seen immediate improvement with the return of the cruise passengers has been that of the "tours" in the island and other points that are hired from the ships and they have a relatively secure market. The others, have had noted there are still scarce tourists and potential clients, who besides arrive from a country as United States, that also passes through a financial crisis, which reflects itself in the modest level of funds the tourists spend in the island. Among the most affected still are the independent boatmen of the island, who even in a good year, barely attend to five percent or the tourists. Their main clients are those passengers of cruiser that not having hired any excursion on board, but already in the island they are encouraged to hire some tour; generally to do "snorkel". Another market are the tourists that arrive in ferry from the Riviera Maya, but both sources of tourists are right now limited because the cruise passengers that have arrived since the end of the warning –around 15 thousand– are not sufficient for all and in spite of the fact that the flu warning measures have been lifted, the ships that join the island with Playa del Carmen, continue arriving each two hours and with less tourists still below the "normal level" of activities. Another sector that not yet is recovered are the merchants of the tourist zone of the city, for whom also too few tourists that have arrived up to now. Although not an official calculation exists, the merchants speculate that of ten cruise passengers that pass to its business, perhaps one of them makes a purchase and that is generally modest. The great proliferation of business that basically sell the same thing (the same jewels, the same t-shirts or the same crafts); wagered to the great quantity of tourists that disembark in the island, between 40 thousand and 60 thousand people depending on the season, in normal conditions. Nevertheless, in all the month that already is known as "Black May", little more than eight thousand tourists arrived and in what goes of June only a few thousand more has arrived. This shortage that is counted in the thousands has placed the business plan of many merchants and service providers in crisis. The hope is that the things be normalized beginning this week, nevertheless, in the commercial sector and of services already many jobs have been lost, some of which do not appear in any registration because they were commission workers Other businesses have closed or changed locations in these hard times: Right now there are various empty locals on Avenue Rafael Melgar.

Cozumel employees await unemployment due to 'flu' overrated scare!!

Expats move to Mexico

Here is great story of living in Mexico! 

http://tinyurl.com/p2lgua

 When do you plan on moving?  Email me for details on living in Mexico!

 Cindy

http://www.cozumelmexicohomes.com  

 

Wolverine star Hugh Jackman visits MEXICO

http://www.tvolucion.com/noticieros/noticias-y-reportajes/032543/hugh-jackman-estrella-irradia-sencillez

Positive interview about his visit in Mexico....  anyone else?

 

Travelers and Buyers in Mexico will be coming!

With prices the lowest in the US, just consider what the price would be for a retirement home in Cozumel Mexico or the Mayan Riviera!

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U.S. consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them.
Bloomberg Financial News

BLOOMBERG PHOTO/DANIEL ACKER - Associated Press Release U.S. consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index, which had dramatically increased in April, zoomed past economists' expectations to 54.9 from a revised 40.8 in April. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting 42.3. In February, confidence levels had hit a new historic low of 25.3. The reading marks the highest in eight months, when the level was 61.4. The levels are also closer to the year-ago's 58.1, though the widely watched barometer is still below 100, which indicates a healthy economy. The Present Situation Index, which measures how shoppers feel now about the economy, rose to 28.9 from 25.5 last month. But the Expectations Index, which measures shoppers' outlook over the next six months, climbed to 72.3 from 51.0 in April. Investors focused on the upbeat sentiment reading, shaking off a mostly downbeat report on the housing market, also released Tuesday. In midmorning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 203.42, or 2.5 percent, to 8,480.74. "Looking ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this year, and expectations are that business conditions, the labor market and incomes will improve in the coming months," Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said in a statement. "While confidence is still weak by historic standards, as far as consumers are concerned, the worst is now behind us." The confidence report offered encouraging news to merchants, who are counting on consumers to be in the mood to spend after confidence plummeted to historic lows late last year but has been rising since March. A two-month stock rally has helped make shoppers feel a little better about their retirement funds, spurring dramatic rebounds in confidence in April and May levels. Meanwhile, better-than-expected earnings results from such retailers as Sears Holdings Corp. and Gap Inc. have offered the latest evidence that spending has begun to stabilize, though overall business is still weak.

Cruise Ships return to Cozumel

Most of Cozumel´s official attention today is focused on the receiving Royal Caribbean´s Enchantment of the Seas, the first cruise ship to arrive in Cozumel´s port in exactly one month. A grand reception is organized for the ship´s arrival and the first couple to disembark will receive full-paid five nighta vacation package good anytime within a year, encouraging that couple to return for a land based vacation and know Cozumel Island. WELCOME BACK!

Travel to Mexico - Time to Come to Cozumel

Come over anytime..  There are some great travel deals now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnLPV-QItwY

Mexico Tourism Board on tv recently

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Cruise Ships Return 5/27 to Cozumel

They are here again!  Everyone is excited and there is conversation of a big party when they arrive!   Welcome!

Diver Scuba Information in Cozumel

Just started a new group for Divers in Cozumel, visiting, coming first time or coming forever.  Want to be a resource of information. 

Visit me 

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/members/roadwarriorrealestate.html

Cozumel upcoming Events

EVENTOS

-10 Mayo
Pet Parade en el parque del centro!!!

-15-16-17 Mayo
Rodeo de Lanchas Mexicanas

-15 Mayo
Adopta un gatito en la Mega de 5pm a 8pm

-16 Mayo
Adopta a otro gatito en la Mega de 8am a 2pm

-22 Mayo
Travesia Sagrada Maya
Cozumel
Playa Caletita
12:00
(Arribo de remeros a Cuzamil-Cozumel, los isleños reciben a los viajeros, los reconfortan, los refrescan y los alimentan.)

-30 MAYO
Torneo de Golf de la Cruz Roja

-1-8 AGOSTO
Ultimate Diver Challenge 2009

-26-30 NOVIEMBRE
Ironman Cozumel

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