Reporters from the Spanish daily newspaper Noroeste went under cover to find out what local pulmonia, auriga and taxi drivers are charging as the summer tourist season gets into full swing.
When one reporter asked a taxi driver the fare from Olas Altas to the Liverpool Galerías shopping mall in La Marina, the driver first asked if she was visiting then said it was a long way, finally quoting 150 pesos.
Tourists interviewed said they had paid 200 pesos for a taxi ride from an hotel in Cerritos to the shopping mall or to the convention center. And one tourist from Monterrey thought it was a mistake when a driver charged him 80 pesos to go from the bus station to the corner of Cruz Lizárraga and Av. Del Mar, a very short distance. In Monterrey, he said, private transport is much less expensive.
When contacted Director of Roads and Transport, Domingo Ramírez Armenta, stated people should not pay one peso more than the tariff, the minimum of 40 or 50 pesos and the maximum could rise to 80 pesos. (from Noroeste)
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