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Guayaquil
The city of Guayaquil is an ideal destination for
congresses, fairs, exhibitions and any business
events because of its geographical location, and
its rapid development. In recent years Guayaquil
has become one of the most modern cities in
South America. With the construction of the Jose
Joaquin de Olmedo Airport, the expansion of its
public transit system and the consolidation of its
modern port it has emerged as the most promi-
nent city in Ecuador. The city has a wide range
of luxury hotels and it is now the ideal place for
conventions.
Guayaquil has been recognized across the most
recently by the United Nations for being the
“Model of Governance”. Latin Trade Magazine
has given Guayaquil recognition in several cat-
egories: Best Hotel for Business, Best Start (En-
tertainment), Best Car Rental Agency, Best Travel
Agency and Best Restaurant for Executives.
The city has been oriented and positioned to serve a market of Conferences and Conventions.
The Convention Bureau attests to the thrust that is taking place in town to promote the hotel industry, and the
exhibition center. Business tourism generates capital and creates jobs both directly and indirectly.
Guayaquil has a sublime infrastructure and tourism organization available for executives worldwide.
The transformation in the last decade is not a fluke but rather a renassiance. The city is revamping all of its
basic services from education, to training as well as health. This renaissance has led to new infrastructure.
This is seen with the street furniture, painted walls, parking lot, new lightening, new landscaping and more
traffic lights. Besides revitalizing the city it has secured proper use of public spaces, fostering culture and has
given the city and identity.
The radical change can be perceived in almost all sectors of the city.
El Barrio de Las Peñas, where the city was born, and the Cerro Santa Ana are now one of the most important
tourist attraction in the country. There you can take pictures, visit monuments, observe painters painting or go
up to the lighthouse and view downtown and the River Guayas.
The Malecon on the edge of the river is now a 2.5-km long promenade where people from Guayaquil enjoy
museums, the IMAX cinema, monuments like the Bolivar and San Martin, restaurants, exhibition halls, gar-
dens, ponds, commercial and artificial wetlands, walkways. In conclusion, Guayaquil is in midst of a renais-
sance, it is new buildings, thriving culture, a plethora of opportunity for both local and visitors to enjoy. People
around the world need to take advantage of the business opportunities and tourism that Guayaquil offers. It is
the largest and most cosmopolitan city of Ecuador and the main port of the country.
MR. JAIME NEBOT SAADI,
MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUAYAQUIL
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