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Mexico Safe for Travel –Officially, At Last

Feb 23

Posted by Marc, Owner & CEO in Latin America, North America, TripClips | Comments off

February 23rd, 2010

Overview:

The US Department of State has extended a travel alert to Mexico. The text of the alert has remained virtually unchanged, with a few additional border areas being added to the list of those where extra caution is recommended.

The travel alert expresses no concern whatsoever regarding Mexican beach resorts and key tourist and business destinations. Tourist areas are safe to travel to, which means that the vast majority of U.S. citizens visiting Mexico should not have any hesitation in doing so.

Mexico’s tourist destinations and resort properties remain fun, safe, affordable and popular vacation destinations. Indeed, Mexico remains the number one international destination for U.S. tourists.

A travel alert has been issued for Mexico, not a warning. A travel alert disseminates information about short-term conditions of which U.S. citizens abroad should be aware to maximize their safety. The alert for Mexico does not discourage U.S. citizens from traveling to the country’s tourist destinations.

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Mexico shuts Cancun beach, alleges sand was stolen

Jul 31

Posted by Nathan, Owner/Manager & COO in North America, TripClips | Comments off

From Associated press, Friday July 31st 2009

MEXICO CITY – Surprised tourists found their little piece of Cancun beach paradise ringed by crime-scene tape and gun-toting sailors on Thursday.

Environmental enforcement officers backed by Mexican navy personnel closed off hundreds of feet (dozens of meters) of powder-white coastline in front of a hotel accused of illegally accumulating sand on its beach. Mexico spent $19 million to replace Cancun beaches washed away by Hurricane Wilma in 2005. But much of the sand pumped from the sea floor has since washed away, leading some property owners to build breakwaters in a bid to retain sand. The practice often merely shifts sand loss to beaches below the breakwaters.

“Today we made the decision to close this stretch of ill-gotten, illegally accumulated sand,” said Patricio Patron, Mexico’s attorney general for environmental protection. “This hotel was telling its tourists: ‘Come here, I have sand … the other hotels don’t, because I stole it.’” Read the rest of this entry »

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