Baloon International Festival In Leon

About 300 thousand visitors who will leave an economic income of 100 million dollars, is expected to attend the eighth edition of the International Balloon Festival in Leon, Guanajuato from 13 to 16 November this year, where you can see flying over 100 balloons at the same time and from various countries such as Belgium, United States, Chile, Argentina and Mexico.

The International Balloon Festival is a 100 percent family show to be held in the Metropolitan Park of León, where attendees paid only 25 pesos entry may participate in sports tournaments, Cantoya balloon contest, children have fun at the rodeo , dance at concerts among which the Concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico.

Jorge Luis Moreno Vazquez, festival marketing manager, at a press conference held at the Municipal Tourism Department, said there will be two exhibitions, photographic Expomar newspaper La Jornada and the Secretary of the Navy.

This time she will pay homage to the era of the 50's, which marks the festival's theme this year. The pilots wear leather jackets and there will be parades of Harley Davidson motorcycles, of the special which one will raffle during the festival.

According to organizers, the event has become the largest in Latin America and the most recognized in the world of ballooning.

Vázquez Moreno stressed that the event generates a one hundred percent hotel occupancy in Leon, plus it also generates employment in other municipalities in the state, such as Guanajuato and Silao.

Admission tickets will be sold in stores Oxxo de Leon and the entrance of the Parque Metropolitano.