When Greed Wins, Zihuatanejo Loses

Sadly you are correct on this one Rob...I saw the tourism of the 80's, 90's and post 9/11 and it is true that there are more people in Ixtapa and Zihua in both peak seasons, for the mostly US/CDN tourism tourism and for the national season but in both cases there are more and more tourists with less spending power and a case can be made that this is not helping the region even if more tourists are coming. Ixtapa is a shadow of itself compare to the 80's when all the boutiques and restaurants were busy and all the streets were full of people from morning til late night. Now the buildings are falling apart throughout the hotel zone and many look abandoned and/or need some paint. The grass is still manicured and the beaches nice but for those of us that have seen the ups and downs of this area it is sad to see where it's standing now and I'm afraid it is only going to get worst. And Zihua will feel the downward economic pressure too...