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2009 Business Stats on Yucatan and Merida

I have copied this article directly from Yucatan Living, it is written by Khaki Scott, I love her writing and follow her articles religiously. Thanks for another great read Khaki!

2009 Business Stats on Yucatan and Merida!
During 2009, we have brought our readers several stories from other states, especially states along the East Coast of Mexico, and each claiming to be the state that provides the easiest entrance into business in the entire nation. Well – the numbers, along with an economic analysis – are in from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Infomatics. It is with great glee that we announce “Yucatan WINS!” The bad news was that approximately 1,000 small and micro businesses failed in our state last year. The good news is that over 101,000 businesses are alive and well in the State of Yucatan!

In fact, the State of Yucatan is rocking along quite nicely with a business growth rate of 37.4%. We lead Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guerrero in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place. Following far behind and in the last 3 places are Nuevo Leon, Mexico City, and Chihuahua.

Estado de Yucatan is also the state with the 3rd highest rate of employment and participation in IMSS. One of our best characteristics, it seems, is that 63.7% of our population falls within the working age group. (el Diario).

We were also excited to discover that Merida is the driving force behind much of the growth throughout the state. Not to rest for a moment, the Mayor of Merida, along with the mayors of 50 municipalities, got together to acknowledge that Merida funds 42 free cultural and artistic events each week, as well as other projects throughout the other municipalities to ensure that tourism continues to grow at a constant rate. (el Diario)

Add to all of that the fact that the State of Yucatan is the only state in Mexico with zero (!!!!) drug-related murders last year. Add that Merida is the safest large city in the country, has world class medical care facilities and personnel (approved, if ever necessary, to treat an American President) — we did mention the low cost of living, didn’t we? — and what you have is the best place on Earth in which to live, work, and play!

New Home Owners In Chuburna

Last week it was our pleasure to meet a lovely family visiting us from Sweden. Anita had been emailing me since August with questions about property and the area. She and her husband Michael and 16 year old daughter Malin came for 2 weeks to checkout the area. Susan and I showed them around the first day and then met up with Doug. They looked in Chelem, Chuburna, all the way to Telchac. They decided that they wanted to be in the Chelem/Chuburna area. While here they visited Merida and the ruins at Dzibilchaltun. Dzibilchaltun dates back to 500 BC. Here is a link for more information on this site.

Anita and her family were some of the more gracious and warm hearted people that we have met. They love the local people and want to immerse themselves in the culture, they had lived on an island in Greece a few years ago and understand that life in a foreign country is totally different than at "home."

Here we are at La Pinata in Progreso celebrating them finding the house of their dreams
La Pinata is a local restaurant that specializes in arrachera a steak similar to a London Broil. The service is great and the food and drinks are inexpensive, you may sit inside or out.


Here are Michael and Malin in Dzibilchaltun, in the distance is the famous Temple of the Dolls, every year at the spring equinox crowds gather to watch the rising sun shine through the opening in the temple.

A closeup shot



The famous cenote, cenotes are underground lakes that occasionally surface. They were a water source for the ancient Maya and were used in cleansing ceremonies among other things.
View from Anita and Michael's upstairs terrace at their new home looking west
View looking east
What a pleasure it was working with this wonderful couple! We are looking forward to their return and embracing them within our community! Meeting people like this reinforces our love of selling real estate here in the Yucatan. To see other homes that we have for sale don't forget to checkout our website

Until next time, warm breezes and cold beers coming at ya from Chelem!