LEÓN, MÉXICO
It’s an honor for FEMDE to host the 4th World Company Games to be held in the city of Leon in December 2022.
Located in the western part of the state, León is a city with more than one and a half million inhabitants, and it is the sixth largest city in Mexico. It is the economic and social capital of the state of Guanajuato, one of the most developed and fastest growing in the country.
Considered to be on the brink of modernity Leon, Guanajuato is the host-city of major events which have put this city in the spotlight within Mexico and around the world because of the quality and diversity of venues, as well as its strategic location, easily accessed by air or land.
León is an industrial city of the shoemaking tradition, that produces more than 70% of the footwear that is manufactured in the country. However, tourism has managed to diversify the economic efforts and activity of the city, today, reaching a massive 30% of the city’s income. To this effect, León is one of the most important tourist and business centers in Mexico with an awe – inspiringdiversityoptions for entertainment, gastronomy, art, and recreation.
Hosting events has positioned Leon as a tourism mecca in the region. For example, the International Balloon Festival (FIG León) attracts more than half a million tourists annually and is thought to be the most important such festival in Latin America and the FIA World Rally Championship is one of the most widely anticipated rallies by competitors, staff, and public, alike, due to the superiority of its organization, beautiful landscapes, and above all, the warmth of the people.
More than 11 thousand hotel rooms, highways, and commuter roads, attractive first-class shopping centers, the Guanajuato International Airport (BJX) (receiving more than 231 flights a week, nationally and internationally) all make León a city leader in tourism, business, meetings, entertainment, and adventure.
The city of León and its neighboring cities have become in the last 20 years an industrial and manufacturing hub, with more than 500 companies from 22 countries. The region has seen a huge growth of qualified workers coming from around the country and around the world.