{"id":46596,"date":"2026-05-05T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46596"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:33:21","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-tourism-is-huge-in-mexico-spending-on-cultural-sites-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46596","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Tourism is huge in Mexico. Spending on cultural sites is not"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Palacio_de_Gobierno,_Puebla,_M%C3%A9xico,_2013-10-11,_DD_01.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Palacio_de_Gobierno_Puebla_Mexico_2013-10-11_DD_01-Custom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Palacio_de_Gobierno_Puebla_Mexico_2013-10-11_DD_01-Custom.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Palacio_de_Gobierno_Puebla_Mexico_2013-10-11_DD_01-Custom-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-8fcdebd22d39c6aaa40b8fed870d8f78 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Palacio_de_Gobierno,_Puebla,_M%C3%A9xico,_2013-10-11,_DD_01.JPG\">Palacio de Gobierno, Puebla, M\u00e9xico, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloomberg reports that although Mexico is\u2026 a \u2018cultural powerhouse\u2019, critics are warning that\u2026 \u2018far too little is spent on maintaining the country\u2019s oldest and most fragile sites.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloomberg writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\u2026 Sheinbaum\u2019s term, the budget for the country\u2019s premier antiquities institute, INAH, has\u2026 reduced close to 40%&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018We have, like, eight Machu Picchus,\u2019 says Alejandro Zozaya, a Mexican hotel impresario\u2026 Caribbean rivals would \u2018cut off an arm\u2019 to just have one historical site as dramatic\u2026.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eN6vkjMx\">Read the story from Bloomberg Businessweek here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Palacio de Gobierno, Puebla, M\u00e9xico, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Bloomberg reports that although Mexico is\u2026 a \u2018cultural powerhouse\u2019, critics are warning that\u2026 \u2018far too little is spent on maintaining the country\u2019s oldest and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46596\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[627,51,29,816,554],"class_list":["post-46596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-cultural-heritage","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-mexico","tag-unesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46598,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46596\/revisions\/46598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}