GOOD NEWS!! More daylight for Quintana Roo will provide great benefits in tourism and energy savings with the change of time zone comes into force on 1 February 2015. The Chamber of Deputies of the Congress, reformed Articles 2 and 3 of Law System Schedule of the United States of Mexico, where it is approved locate Quintana Roo in the meridian 75 degrees west of Greenwich, ie, one hour forward from the Midwest, by virtue of its geographical position, the gap between the official time and sunlight is very noticeable. With this change, Quintana Roo have two more hours of daylight in summer and one in winter, which will benefit the commercial and tourist activity of the countrys most important tourist destinations. Furthermore, operations will increase in the Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Riviera Maya, Tulum and Cozumel and reduce energy consumption up to thousand 845 million pesos according to estimates. After four years of discussion, the proposal was finally endorsing with 258 votes in favor and one against, and shall enter into force upon its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation, which is expected to be at the end of January 2015 when the center the country adopted the DST. In this regard, the PRI federal deputy, Raymundo King de la Rosa explained that the schedule change will strengthen the competitiveness to other destinations in the Caribbean and energy efficiency of the state, contributing to the dynamism of economic activity and facilitating the connectivity airports in the United States, Canada and other European countries. I thank the honorable members of the Congress for this reform to the time zone of Quintana Roo, which will increase airport operations of Cancun and Cozumel, increase air connectivity with 22 cities in the United States, greater economic benefit derived from tourism is generated, decrease staff cuts in low season and decrease power consumption. said Roberto Borge Angulo, Governor of the State
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:48:18 +0000
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