Mazatlan hoteliers seek to gentrify banda music in favor of foreign tourism – MonitorExpresso.com

Mexico. – Hoteliers in Mazatlan have raised their voices against banda music on the beaches of this popular tourist destination, it all started after a video went viral on social networks of a music recital held on the terrace of the Double Three by Hilton and that due to the volume of the band music that could be heard from the beach had to be suspended. Because of this trova video they want to “regulate” the bands in Mazatlan…
Music originating in Sinaloa. In other words, they want to go against the uses and customs of the country. Rather, they want to take them away and gentrify not only Sinaloa but all of Mexico, turn it into their backyard @rochamoya_ pic.twitter.com/xCbmeK4KE1— MZT (@SoyMexicano_) March 26, 2024The Manager of this hotel that is located in the Golden Zone in Mazatlan, Ben Berdejo, came out to give his position on this issue, where he assures that the biggest complaint they have about their tourists is the noise, Not only with bands, but also with bars and clubs. Similarly, Ernesto “Neto” Coppel Kelly, founder and president of Grupo Pueblo Bonito Golf & Spa Resorts, took the time to upload a video to the networks where he complained about Mazatlan’s public transportation for excessive noise. “We cannot allow for a moment longer this scandal of cacophonous noise generated in public transport vehicles, such as pneumonia, charioteers, city buses and so on.” “We are not a fifth-rate destination”; Hotel entrepreneurs ask to ban #banda music on beaches in #Mazatlán.” I don’t like banda music, they’re a scandal, they’re a disaster on the beaches of Mazatlan, they don’t let people rest,” says one affected person. pic.twitter.com/8QCcCbYLSX— Luis Gabriel Velázquez (@soyluisgabriel1) March 27, 2024This situation became more visible when a sign was placed in the beach area in front of a concessioned condominium, prohibiting hiring musical groups, sparking outrage on social media and accusations of gentrification by foreign tourists. Because of this trova video they want to “regulate” the bands in Mazatlan…
Music originating in Sinaloa. In other words, they want to go against the uses and customs of the country. Rather, they want to take them away and gentrify not only Sinaloa but all of Mexico, turn it into their backyard @rochamoya_ pic.twitter.com/xCbmeK4KE1— MZT (@SoyMexicano_) March 26, 2024Coppel Kelly gave an interview to journalist Carmen Aristegui, this Wednesday, March 27, where she expressed that although there is already a law that prevents loud sounds in pneumonia, The beaches have become a no-man’s land, as there is no regulation of the spaces for these bands to play their music and more and more are arriving at these beaches. The hotelier defended his point arguing that: “my American customers, who are my customers who have bought the most from me, those who have made me and many Mazatlecos, are no longer coming because they don’t want relaxation on the beaches, they can’t rest. I’m not asking you not to play again, but first of all to limit them from how many they can be and where, from such and such a place, but not everywhere.” About the video that went viral on networks where a group of foreigners is seen enjoying an acoustic concert on the terrace of a hotel, later the recital is interrupted by the music of a band that was a few meters away from them. Faced with this event, Coppel Kelly expressed: “To begin with, I feel sorry that things like this happen in Mazatlan, I am very ashamed, because in Mazatlan most of the people, we are working people, as I say, I have 3 thousand collaborators, how many families are there, it is good that they play, but if you do not ask for them, that they don’t play in front of you, that there is a place where you go to rent a tambora if you want or that there is a space where they are playing at the top of their lungs whatever they want, but that they do not go from place to place like street vendors, there is no silence, there is no peace.” The debate about gentrification, foreign tourism and banda music are a topic of discussion on social networks, as well as with local people, as the authorities seek to find a balance between the interests of the different groups involved and promote peaceful coexistence in the “Pearl of the Pacific”.

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