They announce reopening of water, Oaxaca;will allow 200 people per day

Oaxaca de Juárez.- San Isidro Roaguía police officer, Marcos Martínez Grijalva, announced the reopening of the tourist hostel of the water waterfalls of the water next October 13, after a year and seven months of remaining closed because of the Covid pandemic-19.

At a press conference, he said that on October 3, the Community Assembly agreed to reopen the tourist center, because Oaxaca is in epidemiological green traffic light;They also argued that tourism is the main economic activity of this population of around 350 inhabitants.

In addition, approximately 80% of the population is already vaccinated against COVID-19, which gives them greater security, they said.

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The hostel, he explained, is the main source of work since only in the place the community has about 120 positions in which food, drinks and crafts are sold, among others;In addition to businesses or stores inside the community.

With the reopening, the appropriate sanitary measures will be established to prevent contagios and an allowed capacity of 200 people per day was established.

One of the novelties is that national and foreign tourists can enjoy a new natural outbreak of water that was born about two years ago and with which a pool was built.

Marcos Martínez asked the tourism agencies to present no later than Tuesday, October 12, with the documentation that accredits them as legally constituted companies and have the permits of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT), for tourists' safety.

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He also mentioned that three travel agencies are prohibited from accessing the tourist hostel, including the Andador, for having aggrieved the community;This in particular, he reported, has filed between 12 and 14 demands against the authorities after refusing to pay the parking lot.

He also clarified that the Governor of the State, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, was already informed to the General Secretariat of Government (Segego), to the Health Services of Oaxac.

While Oaxaca roads and airplanes (CAO) promised to provide machinery for the repair of the Mitla-XAAGÁ road-water, the only access to the population, and the authorities will put diesel spending and in the hiring of an operatorof the machinery.