The U.S. State Division has up to date its journey warnings for quite a few areas of Mexico in response to the March 3 kidnapping of 4 People within the border city of Matamoros, Mexico. The up to date warnings triggered a storm of articles highlighting Mexico as soon as once more as a dangerous journey vacation spot.
Nonetheless, a more in-depth examination of the journey warnings and interviews with Mexican journey authorities and consultants reveal that they’re as soon as extra exaggerated and that visiting Mexico is simply as secure as regular.
“Advisors and myself will not be spooked [by the abductions], as no one I do know is promoting Matamoros as a journey vacation spot,” mentioned Hope Smith, an unbiased contractor with Montecito Village Journey. “We all know the place Matamoros is in relation to the place our shoppers go.”
What’s acknowledged within the journey suggestion?
The most recent journey advisory from the U.S. Division of State consists of an evaluation of every state the place the U.S. authorities advises vacationers to train warning. There are solely six states on the “Do Not Journey” listing, and none of them are widespread trip locations for People. The six states on the listing are:
- Colima
- Guerrero
- Michoacan
- Sinaloa
- Tamaulipas
- Zacatecas
An additional studying of the journey advisories on the State Division’s web site exhibits that whereas sure states are topic to a Stage 2 journey warning, there aren’t any journey restrictions for many vacationer places in these states. These embrace:
- Cabo San Lucas
- San Jose del Cabo
- La Paz
- Palenque
- San Cristobal de las Casas
- San Miguel de Allende
- Guanajuato Metropolis
- Puerto Vallarta
- Chapala
- Ajijic
- Mexico Metropolis
- Riviera Nayarit
- Oaxaca Metropolis
- Monte Alban
- Puerto Escondido
- Huatulco
- Puebla
- Cancun
- Cozumel
- Isla Mujeres
- Playa del Carmen
- Tulum
- Riviera Maya
- Mazatlan
- Yucatan State
Is Mexico secure to go to?
We’re all used to listening to this query. The reply remains to be the identical. Mexico is a giant nation. It is usually a secure place to journey, however like some other place, there are issues to concentrate on.
“I’ve not seen a drop off in requests, or a lot concern from my shoppers,” mentioned Sharon Walters, proprietor of Sharon Walters Journey. “I’ve households 12 months after 12 months that go to locations equivalent to Los Cabos and Punta Mita who’re nonetheless planning on touring this 12 months. In reality, I’ve shoppers in Mexico on virtually a weekly foundation. The topic [of safety] does come up, however they’re conscious of the variations in locations and perceive that the resorts and places are secure to journey to.”
