The governor of the central Mexican state of Querétaro, Mauricio Kuri González, assured EFE this Monday in Madrid that his territory is “much safer than Houston (in the southern United States),” defending the region’s stability and security in contrast to the image of violence that Mexico often projects abroad.
Kuri is in the Spanish capital with a delegation from his government to participate in “Querétaro Week,” organized in conjunction with the Casa de México Foundation in Spain, in parallel with the announcement of the new direct flight between Madrid and Querétaro operated by the airline Iberojet.
During an interview with EFE, the governor emphasized that Querétaro offers “a lot of road safety, legal certainty, and very good service to incoming tourists.”
When asked whether violence in other regions of the country could affect the arrival of European visitors, Kuri was blunt: “Querétaro, for example, is much safer than Houston.”
“We have institutions, it’s a government committed to legal and labor security… We’ve gone more than twenty years without a strike, and we’re always among the top places in terms of competitiveness,” he explained.
He acknowledged that “there are areas of Mexico that are complicated,” but asserted that Querétaro is not one of them, so he feels “fully morally competent” to “invite Europeans” to explore and invest in the state.
The Querétaro delegation is in Madrid to promote the new direct flight between the Spanish capital and Querétaro’s intercontinental airport, which will begin operating twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, in October 2025.
Kuri emphasized the importance of this new route, noting that “there are only three states in the country that have direct flights to Europe,” and that with this connection, Querétaro now becomes “the fourth destination from Europe to Mexico.”
The flight, he emphasized, will strengthen tourism and business ties with Spain, which is the state’s third-largest trading partner.
“There are almost 200 Spanish companies established in Querétaro,” she said, adding that the region has a growing demand for travel to the European continent, since “within a 200-kilometer radius, nearly 150,000 people travel to Europe each year, not including Mexico City and the eastern state of Hidalgo.”
“Querétaro Week” includes workshops, food samples, and activities. According to Adriana Vega, the state’s tourism secretary, the goal is to “give a small taste” of its culture.
“We want to win the hearts of the Spanish people so they come and visit us,” she concluded.
Source: aristeguinoticias
