Sinaloa’s Interim Governor Meets Mazatlán Hoteliers Seeking More Tourism and Security Funds

Mazatlán’s hotel and service businesses want more money for tourism promotion and tighter security along the routes used by cruise passengers visiting the port.

They raised the demands during a meeting with Sinaloa’s interim governor, Graciela Domínguez Nava, military and naval commanders, and representatives of the city’s tourism sector. The businesses also called for a program to strengthen tourism, improve urban infrastructure and expand air connectivity with the United States and Canada. They asked for promotional campaigns in both countries.

The sector proposed keeping a regular working group in place, with the armed forces and state security agencies taking part. The group would assess progress on security and visitor numbers.

Military officials said Mazatlán has 8,366 personnel deployed as part of the security strategy. State Public Security Secretary Sinhue Téllez López said federal and state forces have focused their operations on Culiacán, with 8,800 personnel, and Mazatlán.

Téllez said intentional homicides had fallen 43.5 percent, comparing 207 cases in June 2025 with 117 in August this year. Domínguez Nava said Mazatlán had much to offer local, national and international tourists, and that authorities were working intensively to recover visitor numbers.

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Mazatlán has much to offer local, national and international tourism, so we are confident that visits can recover and we are working at full speed to achieve our objectives.