Baja California Governor Marina Avila said the state created 1416 jobs in November — one of the highest in Mexico
Last month, the economy of the state of Baja California created 1416 jobs.
The figure was celebrated by Governor Marina Avila.
The governor said in a prepared statement Baja California reported the fifth largest amount of new jobs in the country.
Based on reports from the Mexican Institute of Social Security, the governor said this year the state has recorded 63,849 new jobs — 5.8 percent of the nation’s total.
According to Gov. Avila eight out of every 10 new jobs are permanent.
Also, the report says big companies report the highest number of new jobs in 2022 with 44,603 or 69.9 percent of the state’s total.
The report says half of the new jobs created this year are located in Tijuana.
Manufacturing reports the largest number of new jobs with 23,050, followed by trade with 11,238, construction with 7,850, transportation and communications with 7,079, business and home services with 6,111, agriculture, livestock, gaming and fishing with 4,866.
State prepares desalination projects
Due to the Colorado River drought and the reduction of the allocation of water the state of Baja California prepares three or four seawater desalination projects.
State Secretary of the Treasury Marco Antonio Moreno told La Voz newspaper these projects are expected to begin next year with an expenditure of about 4 billion pesos or around $210.5 million in federal, local and US Environmental Protection Agency funds, as well as private sources.
The state water commission and public utility agencies plan to provide about three billion pesos for those projects, he said.
Next year, the state will lose 128 million cubic meters of water from the Colorado River, the Mexican Section of the International Water and Boundary Commission previously said.
However, Sec. Moreno said the reduction is insufficient to address river drought.
As of 2022, every year the state was allocated 1.8 billion cubic meters.
Given the reduction of water, the state prepares for conservation measures in order to provide water to the about 3.7 million residents while Lake Mead recovers.
“It is an option that we must address immediately due to timelines,” Sec. Moreno said about the seawater desalination projects. “Either sooner or later desalination will become a significant source of water for the state’s coast.”
No details were announced about the desalination plants.
According to the official, the state plans to spend more funds in water projects next year that also include wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation and the improvement of all water distribution networks, as well as major maintenance to the Tijuana aqueduct.
Hotel occupancy rates increase reported
A 54 percent increase in hotel occupancy was reported over the year by a Mexicali agency.
The Committee of Tourism and Conventions of Mexicali Manager Nancy Minor told La Crónica newspaper that although no reports have been updated for the last couple months of the year, the rate is expected to increase.
The tourism sector was severely impacted by the pandemic, but since cases declined the activity has increased.
Just in September, hotel occupancy rates reached 67.73 percent — one of the strongest in the year. During the first month of 2020 the rates declined to 10.5 percent, Minor told the newspaper. A year later, the rate climbed to 60 percent.
Minor told the newspaper the key to increase hotel occupancy rates was the development of new hotels in the so-called Golden Zone by Justo Sierra Boulevard.
For next year, the committee plans to develop strategies to strengthen tourism in the medical town of Los Algodones, while also outreaching Arizona residents in Somerton and Yuma who seek services in the rural Mexicali town in order to increase visits.
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