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In the latest round of bad news for travel to Mexico, Princess Cruises pronounced parts of Mexico still not safe Monday and that they would not be calling on Puerto open ended airline tickets Vallarta or Mazatlan any time soon. That's double-bad news for a struggling open ended airline tickets Mexico that just wrapped up a week-long anti-crime campaign among other efforts to rebuild tourism. Our ongoing coverage continues.
"As the safety and security of our passengers and crew is our highest priority, and based on the continued violence in these areas, we've made the decision to cancel our calls to Puerto Vallarta open ended airline tickets and Mazatlan," Princess spokesperson open ended airline tickets Karen Candy told USA TODAY . Concerned about violent crime that continues south of the border, the line renewed its objection first voiced open ended airline tickets in January by canceling calls to Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan through the end of the year. Princess open ended airline tickets had only one ship visiting Puerto Vallarta this year, the 2,670-passenger Sapphire Princess, and that ship will miss just three stops. But beyond economic void caused by the 7000 or so passengers that might have gone ashore, the message is clear: Mexico has a long way to go to win back the confidence of cruise lines.
"The fundamental open ended airline tickets purpose was to prevent and fight crime, such as vehicle theft, robberies of passengers during transport, kidnappings, recovery of arms and dismantling of criminal gangs, as well as actions intended open ended airline tickets to ensure compliance with judicial orders" the government said in a statement reports MSN News.
In addition, Mexico tourism officials have been working overtime to paint a picture of a different Mexico, and with good reason. open ended airline tickets The continuing open ended airline tickets violent crime in Mexico open ended airline tickets is isolated to remote areas of the country open ended airline tickets where tourists would not normally go. That's important information for travelers open ended airline tickets that Mexico open ended airline tickets officials want us to know.
Mazatlan, poster-city for Mexico crime vs cruise ships, could have done without this latest news from Princess Cruises . Many visitors arrive in Mazatlan not via cruise ship but by air with American Airlines recently adding non-stop open ended airline tickets daily service between open ended airline tickets Dallas (DFW) and Mazatlan (MZT).
"Tourism is very important to Mazatlan and its residents. The destination plays host to nearly 2 million visitors per year from all over the world and the number has increased steadily for the past five years" said Julio Birrueta, spokesperson for the Mazatlan Tourism Trust.
Crime involving tourists is an ongoing open ended airline tickets problem in Mexico . Tourism officials have been accused of attempting to minimize the issue. The US Department of State has urged caution visiting Mexico issuing open ended airline tickets a Travel Warning in September of last year saying open ended airline tickets "It is imperative that U.S. citizens understand the risks involved in travel to Mexico."
On one hand we have the tourism people like Gloria Guevara, open ended airline tickets Mexico's secretary of tourism who told who the Miami Herald "We do have a challenge, but Mexico has the equivalent of 2,500 counties. What I tell the travelers is they need to get a map. It would be very helpful for them to understand open ended airline tickets what cities are involved." adding open ended airline tickets "They might have trouble in Juarez; open ended airline tickets 2,000 miles from there is totally open ended airline tickets safe. It's like in the U.S.: If there is an issue in L.A., does that mean that you don't go to New York? Or if there is an issue in Las Vegas, do you not go to Chicago?"
On the other hand, recent news supports open ended airline tickets the decision made this week by Princess Cruises. Leonard Schell open ended airline tickets a Canadian father of two was stabbed 25 times in his Puerto Valarta home last month and robbed of about $13,000, bank cards and passports reports CTV.ca . "They cut him from his lip to his throat. It's terrible, and just to rob money," Schell's wife, Elba Ruiz said.
So true. It's amazing how people in the US are so ignorant about a country that is right across their border! Journalists especially need to be educated and travel. open ended airline tickets I moved to Cozumel from Dallas, Texas and have SAFELY lived here for over 17 years. Dallas was a crime haven. I had my car stolen, open ended airline tickets my t-tops stolen 3 times, a gun shot through my picture window of my home, and was in the middle of scarey racial riots during the Cowboy parade the year I left. I was terrified to travel back to Dallas open ended airline tickets because living in a safe paradise like Cozumel made me realize that big US cities open ended airline tickets are not SAFE! I would not go out at night in Dallas, yet, I feel I could walk the street anywhere at anytime in Cozumel. open ended airline tickets Don't lump all of Mexico together. It's simply not true and not fair to Mexico. Alex Jun 21st 2011 1:04PM
open ended airline tickets I just came back to Europe from 3 month trip all over Mexico and I can say that my laptop was stolen open ended airline tickets over there. Actually my friend's house where I was staying was robbed, but apart from this I found it safer than for example Spain. But obviously you have to know where you can go and where you should not!
Mexico isn't safe for cruise lines or anyone else. Mexico is a dangerous country to travel to period! A shocking 32% of all non-natural deaths of U.S. citizen's outside this country occur in Mexico. Many of these deaths open ended airline tickets happen inside of the resorts and are a direct result of poor or nonexistent safety standards. To read tragic Mexico vacation death stories, as well as stories written by victims that "survived" their Mexico vacation, go to:
Really? 99% of Mexico is safer than say, Myrtle Beach, SC (the 14th. most dangerous city in the USA), or Saskatoon, AB (the most dangerous place in Canada); both cities just about the same size as Puerto Vallarta, open ended airline tickets which is safer than 99% of the US or Canada.
Mexico's violence (which affects less than 1% of the country's approximately 780,000 sq. miles territory, and that is constrained to a few places far, far away from Puerto Vallarta) is fueled by both the seemingly unquenchable American thirst for illegal drugs and weapons furnished by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to Mexican drug cartels (memories of Iran/Contra?).
The media has gone wild about the recent murder of a full-time resident of Puerto Vallarta, who happened to be Canadian. Murder which was perpetrated by someone intimately known by the victim according to all available evidence (he probably wouldn't have opened his locked door to a stranger, wearing only his boxer shorts, when his wife was not home otherwise). This was not a random act of violence, the target was a local resident not a tourist. Somebody whom he knew killed him.
Yes, there is crime everywhere. I wouldn't venture into Chicago's South Side or Norfolk, VA's downtown at night, much less to Myrtle Beach at any time! Puerto Vallarta, the place I and tens of thousands of American open ended airline tickets and Canadian expatriates call home --and that over 600,000 cruise ship passengers visit yearly, many of whom return over and over--, has a negligible crime rate.
Princess Cruise Lines' stand has nothing to do with the safety of their passengers or crews, but everything to do with: an unrelenting recession in the US, massive unemployment, and serious lack of consumer open ended airline tickets confidence that, combined, are forcing more and more potential cruise passengers to postpone or cancel their plans, add the escalating fuel costs and you have the true reason to stop sailing to one of the safest and most friendly cities in the world: Puerto Vallarta.
A comment to Luis Melgoza - just to let you know Saskatoon is NOT in Alberta - it is in Saskatchewan so please have your facts straight open ended airline tickets when speaking negatively about a city. Thank you. Reply Luh Madera Jun 27th 2011 12:08PM
open ended airline tickets I agree with Nancy Edwards as I also have lived in Cozumel for more than 11 years. I grew up in Cincinnati where I was robbed at gun point as a 20 year old college student. I was also robbed in front of my house in Hollywood, Florida ... guy slapped my face and took off with my purse. I feel blessed to be able to live in such a safe place .... Cozumel, with its home town feel and family values. Reply
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