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Christine Delsol The San Francisco Chronicle Quick – which national capital has the higher murder rate: Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? If you answered Mexico City, you’d be in good company – after all, Mexico is a war zone, isn’t it? But you would be wrong, on both counts. Based on FBI crime statistics for [...]
Jorge Castañeda on his book ‘Mañana Forever?: Mexico and the Mexicans’ Jorge Castañeda Gutman is a Mexican politician and academician who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000 ? 2003). He was a professor at several universities, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of California, Berkeley, and Princeton University. He also authored [...]
Smiles were broad in this corner of the world Thursday as the national tourism bureau announced that Puerto Vallarta and the Riveria Nayarit will host next year’s premier tourism fair. Held in Acapulco for the past 24 years, the Tianguis Turistico attracts some 500 Mexican tourism providers and hundreds of overseas tourism wholesalers and product [...]
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The New York Times Published: July 10, 2011 MATAMOROS, Mexico — When the latest bloody headlines from the drug war in Mexico reach headquarters in New York, Ken Chandler, the manager of an American electronics manufacturing plant here, jumps on the phone. He is not begging to come home. He is begging to stay. “We try [...]
Following a recent study commissioned by thePuerto Vallarta Tourism Board, San Diego investigative and security firm Thomas Dale & Associates (TDA) concluded that “Puerto Vallarta is one of the safest tourist destinations for international and national tourists.” This is exactly what a small but growing group of writers and media outlets have been saying for some time. [...]
Mexico Tourism Board Quarterly Results Mexico Still the Number One Vacation Destination for Americans NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mexico Tourism Board has today released results of 2011 first quarter tourism activity inMexico. Across a raft of measures from tour operators, airlines, resorts, cruise lines and attractions the first three months of 2011 has proven [...]
By Gay Nagle Myers Travel Weekly Mexico Tourism Secretary Gloria Guevara predicted that foreign investment in the tourism sector would amount to approximately $3.5 billion over the next three years, a capital inflow that will create about 20,000 jobs. Economy Secretary Bruno Ferrari and Guevara said at a recent press conference that the investments will [...]
Roberto Mena El Economista.com.mx Talk about inconsistency. When Felipe Calderón kicked off his administration four years ago, he sought to eliminate the Tourism Secretariat. Late last year, he declared 2011 to be the Year of Tourism, and on Monday he pompously launched something called the National Tourism Agenda. Over the years, Mexico became a veritable [...]
MEXICO CITY — Spring break reservations for Mexico from U.S. college students remain steady, travel industry experts say, despite near-daily reports of drug violence there. Cheap prices in Mexico, a slowly strengthening economy here, the relative safety of many tourist resorts and the fact that the 2009 swine flu pandemic is now all but forgotten [...]
Hotelnewsnow.com REPORT FROM MEXICO — Hoteliers in Mexico are adapting their operating and development strategies as the body count in the drug-torn country rises. All too often, headlines from Mexico involve headless bodies and revenge killings. During 2010 alone, 15,273 people were killed because of drug violence, according to an AFP report. Several property-level hotel [...]
Though resort areas are mostly free from drug-related violence, some travelers avoid Mexico, leaving deals for those who dare. By MICHELLE HIGGINS, New York Times WHEN Alex Trettin and his wife, Jenn, suggested to family and friends that they take a group vacation to Mexico, the reaction was mixed. About half of the group of [...]
By Patricia Alisau Travel Age West Riviera Nayarit is growing by leaps and bounds, with more than 13,000 hotel rooms and plenty of meetings and convention space When Mexico’s government planners were looking for the next Cancun, they pinpointed a Pacific coastal region just north of Puerto Vallarta that, at one time, was better known for [...]
Top 5 reasons Puerto Vallarta loyalists keep coming back 1. Beaches: PV’s beaches are hubs of activity for everything from parasailing to getting a henna tattoo under your palapa. There are no private hotel beaches because, under Mexico’s constitution, all Mexicans are guaranteed the right to free beach access. The beaches get better the further [...]
By Mark Conley San Jose Mercury News “If the tide pushes up, punch it,” said my seafaring golf guide, Arturo Castro, one early July day in Punta Mita, Mexico. The statement could’ve just as easily been uttered a few miles down the coast at Castro’s favorite surf spot, La Lancha, while helping this visiting surfista [...]
By: Arnie Weissmann August 02, 2010 I was dismayed last year when I heard that Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, had proposed that his country’s ministry of tourism be abolished and that tourism interests be moved within Mexico’s equivalent of our Department of Commerce. We’ve seen how that has worked here in the U.S., and the [...]
By Albert Buhr The Times – South Africa It’s dirty, it’s deadly and it’ll draw you to drink. In fact, writes Albert Buhr, Puerto Vallarta is an oasis for the brochure-weary traveller. PUERTO Vallarta is preposterous. I step from the airport bus onto the cobbled streets of the old quarter, where the jungle seeps from [...]
By KRIS HUDSON The Wall Street Journal ORONTO–Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, famed for its top-flight hotels, has agreed to skimp on some of its signature features, bowing to pressures by some financially strapped owners of properties that bear its name. Many Four Seasons hotels have stopped displaying huge vases of fresh flowers. Others are [...]
By Adam Thomson Forty years ago, the Mexican government, armed with $27m in funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), had an idea to develop a tourist resort on a remote and snake-infested piece of coast on the country’s Yucatán Peninsula. The project was called Cancún, and it is now by far the largest and [...]
Kate Zimmerman, Special To North Shore News Published: Sunday, December 27, 2009 My New Year’s resolution is for my family to get out more. We’ve already made a good start. We spent the Christmas holiday in Mexico, partly because who wouldn’t if they could — but mainly because this was our first year without my [...]
Hotelsmag.com 8/10/2009 10 August 2009 – London, UK – As the first country in the world to experience an outbreak of the now widespread A(H1N1) influenza virus, Mexico has been really hard hit in terms of tourism demand over the past three months. Preliminary estimates from the Mexican Government put the impact so far at [...]
KATHY STRONG SPECIAL TO THE DESERT SUN AUGUST 9, 2009 The most beautiful and prestigious coastlines in the world claim their own “Rivieras” – from the south of France to California’s most desirable strands. In Mexico, it can be found in Riviera Nayarit, about 30 to 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta. Defined geographically by [...]
By MARC LACEY NY Times August 9, 2009 GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Ahead of President Obama’s arrival in Mexico on Sunday night for a summit meeting of North American leaders, immigration was prompting significant behind-the-scenes debate. But it was Mexicans entering Canada, not the United States, that was the contentious issue. Too many Mexicans, the Canadian government complained, were fraudulently claiming [...]
By Janine Melberg The Denver Post Fear of the swine flu and drug trade violence are preventing foreigners from visiting Mexico. From all accounts in the Puerto Vallarta area, no one has the flu or knows of anyone with the flu, and drug related violence is not in evidence in this scenic Pacific coast tourist [...]
Charles Simpson Invest Magazine MexInvest Now.com How to prosper & avoid the coming storm and prolonged economic stagnation in the USA. First: A reality check on Mexico Mexico is in a unique position to reap many of the benefits of the decline of the US economy. In order to not violate NAFTA and other agreements [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2VaF5_AHps&feature=related[/youtube] Enrique Iglesias at the Vive Vallarta concierto on the malecon boardwalk of Puerto Vallarta About 40,000 spectators, including tourists and citizen of Puerto Vallarta, enjoyed a major concert entitled “Vallarta en Vivo” on June 20. This spectacular event was headlined by the internationally renowned Mexican singer, Alejandro Fernandez, along with some of his famous [...]
PLEASE VOTE FOR MEXICO AND HELP BRING BACK THE TOURISTS Dear friends, Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know Mexico needs a tourism boost. In PV alone, hotels are down 90%, we all know friends and neighbors who are struggling to stay employed or keep their businesses going. So Mexico has a chance [...]
Opinion by Andrés Oppenheimer MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS / MIAMI HERALD Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.21.2009 The swine flu outbreak that has wrecked Mexico’s economy may become a case study in reckless journalism. It now turns out that it’s not clear whether the H1N1 pandemic originated in Mexico, as first reported, or in the United States. Like [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2VaF5_AHps&feature=related[/youtube] Puerto Vallarta’s world famous Malecón is the place to be on Saturday, June 20th at 8 pm, as the Jalisco Secretary of Tourism presents “Jalisco en Vivo 2009″ a free concert featuring world-famous, award-winning musical artists such as Alejandro Fernández, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Joan Sebastian, Raúl di Blasio, Aleks Syntek, Luis Fonsi, León [...]
By Steve Gibbs BBC News, Mexico City Mexico says it is going through what is the biggest drop in its tourism revenue since records began in the 1980s because of the swine flu scare. Tourism officials are speaking of a “lost summer” after visitors, particularly from the US and Canada, cancelled their holidays. They are [...]
Travel Industry Wire 2009-06-10 40 Percent of Respondents Plan to Travel Abroad in the Next Two Years; 83 Percent Modifying Plans Based on Economic Environment; Fewer Than One in 10 U.S. Adults Say Swine Flu (H1N1) Has Impacted Travel Plans Despite a challenging environment, spending by visitors to the U.S. increased to $52 billion in [...]
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, June 7, 2009 Orange County Register The CDC has lifted travel restrictions to Mexico in the wake of the swine flu outbreak, saying the outbreak south of the border is slowing. The CDC first warned against nonessential travel to Mexico on April 27. The alert has been downgraded to a [...]
Friday, 05 Jun 2009 09:01 travelbite.co.uk The Mexican tourism industry is bouncing back from swine flu with remarkable speed, according to the latest research. Data from European cheap flight search engine Skyskanner reveals searches for flights to Mexico have risen by 15.5 per cent since they reached their lowest point in early May 09, after [...]
May 28, 2009 | By: Ruthanne Terrero | LuxuryTravelAdvisor Virtuoso raised a rallying cry of support last night at the St. Regis hotel in New York, where it hosted a trade show for theMexico Tourism Board’s New York office and 20 Mexico suppliers who are part of the Virtuoso network. In attendance were member agencies from the New York area. The [...]
Cruise ship from Galveston will arrive Saturday in Cozumel By DUDLEY ALTHAUS HOUSTON CHRONICLE, May 28, 2009, 1:00AM MEXICO CITY — As the first cruise ship in more than a month docked at Cozumel on Wednesday, desperate officials and islanders greeted disembarking passengers with mariachi bands, folkloric dancers and a free vacation for a lucky [...]
By Stephanie Chen CNN May 26, 2009 (CNN) — Mexico’s tourism industry has endured some brutal punches this year. First, the global financial crisis hampered vacation spending. Then, escalating cartel drug violence scared some travelers. Business went from bad to worse in late April, with the outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus, also known as swine [...]
Luxist.com Posted May 26th 2009 7:01PM by Deidre Woollard The push to bring tourism back to Mexico is gaining momentum. A few weeks ago we wrote about the swine flu guarantee being offered by some resorts. But now the government is getting involved with a $90 million campaign to tempt tourists back to Mexico in [...]
After being battered and beaten down by the swine flu epidemic for almost a month, Mexico is fighting back in an attempt to lure Americans (and other foreign visitors) in and restore the country’s image as a safe place to stay and play. Americans make up 80 percent of the total number of visitors to [...]
The Swine Flu Hype Mexico’s Shock Doctrine By JOHN ROSS Upon returning to Mexico City after 100 days in Gringolandia dealing with a personal health crisis, I was met at the door of the downtown hotel where I have bedded down for the past quarter century by a uniformed security guard in jackboots and blue [...]
Édgar Hernández, at home in La Gloria, Mexico. He may have been the first of more than 12,000 confirmed cases of swine flu. By MARC LACEY Published: May 25, 2009 New York Times MEXICO CITY – Édgar Hernández, the Mexican kindergartner who is the first person known to have contracted the swine flu now circling [...]
By JIM MOORE SPECIAL TO SEATTLEPI.COM PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Ninety-nine percent of the time, unemployment sucks. Welcome to my one percent. I’m sitting on a white-cushioned chaise lounge at the St. Regis Punta Mita in a scene from a travel magazine. The infinity pool is behind me, the Pacific Ocean is in front of me, [...]
Christy Wyatt 18 May 2009 FCO no longer advising against travel following swine flu outbreak The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is no longer advising against all but essential travel to Mexico, following the global outbreak of swine flu. The FCO revised its travel advice late last week. A statement on the organisation’s website says: [...]
By Kristin Jackson Seattle Times Travel staff U.S. authorities no longer are advising Americans to avoid traveling to Mexico because of swine flu. The U.S. State Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control lifted their warnings against nonessential trips to Mexico on Friday. “There is evidence that the Mexican outbreak is slowing down in many [...]
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE – 3 hours ago Associated Press U.S. health officials are seeing a surprisingly high number of cases of ordinary, seasonal flu at a time when the flu season typically peters out. About half of people recently testing positive for the flu have the new swine flu virus, Dr. Daniel Jernigan of the Centers [...]
by Karen Fawcett TRIPSO The Mexican Tourist Board is launching a multi-million dollar investment plan that will include a global public relations campaign. It is also calling for U.S. authorities to lift the travel ban with the hope that doing so will restore confidence in Mexico’s being one of the world’s top tourist destinations. Its tourism [...]
by Jason Beaubien NPR - Morning Edition May 14, 2009 · Americans Vicky Long and John Papadakous are savoring their Caribbean vacation in Mexico. The swine flu outbreak virtually emptied the white-sand beaches of Cancun, along with its bars and hotels, meaning there is plenty of staff to pamper the couple from Baltimore. The swine flu [...]
by ELISABETH MALKIN Published: May 8, 2009 MEXICO CITY — If you are looking for a cheap travel destination, try Mexico. Short of war, Mexico has endured about the worst calamity that can befall a country’s tourism industry over the last few weeks. A few people who had traveled here came down with what looked, initially, like [...]
KATHY STRONG • SPECIAL TO THE DESERT SUN • APRIL 23, 2009 As a travel journalist, I see writing about a destination as a huge responsibility. Readers are not always going to share my opinion on the aesthetics of a city or resort, but when personal safety becomes one of the considerations for visiting, [...]
Tourism has suffered as drug-related violence across the border has surged. But canceling a vacation to Los Cabos or the Mayan Riviera may not be necessary. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123931839488506787.html By CANDACE JACKSON Teresa Bitler thought about spending Easter this year lounging on the beach in Puerto Penasco, Mexico, with her husband and two daughters. Then she changed [...]
Written by GR Staff Monday, 06 April 2009 Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez has opened Puerto Vallarta’s Convention Center, despite fears that the new facility won’t be able to break even. “We need to be looking at holding around 30 events during the year, almost one every week or 10 days,” said Ernesto Hauser, the center’s [...]
Despite the negative press and the U.S. Department’s recent travel alert, vacationers are still heading to Mexico to plunge their toes in the sand and bask in the tropical sun, while taking advantage of the budget friendly deals. The reports continue to be positive in resort towns with Mexico vacationers safe, smiling and planning to [...]
Resort destinations like Cancun, Alcapulco, and Puerto Vallarta are far enough away from the danger zone. UNR study abroad staff members say, their students have been in country for several months and have had no problems. They warn students to use common sense, stay away from strange and out of the way places. Michelle Cobb, [...]
Today’s Financial News – Posted March 2, 2009 The Mexican government is investing $1.5 billion in a stretch of Mexican coast. This is a real estate opportunity you could profit from. by Ronan McMahon Baltimore—TFN: Infrastructure improvements are one of the biggest drivers of overseas real estate values. I’m talking airports, roads, bridges, and cruise ship [...]
Thursday January 29th, 2009 / 21h16 MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Private investment in Mexico’s tourism sector rose 34% last year to $4.64 billion, Tourism Minister Rodolfo Elizondo said Thursday. States that saw major investments included Quintana Roo, where the Caribbean resort of Cancun is located, as well as the Pacific coastal states of Nayarit, Baja [...]
A small Mexican village caters to surfers and anglers looking for a slower pace and great experiences. CHESTER ALLEN; THE OLYMPIAN Published: 01/29/09 3:06 am | Updated: 01/29/09 3:01 am This low-key village about 40 minutes north of bustling Puerto Vallarta doesn’t have sprawling beachfront hotels or rumbling discos where tourists [...]
By Matthew A. Miller http://www.mexidata.info/id2135.html As the Mexico resort real estate market continues to gain popularity among North Americans, one common theme exists; an increasing demand for insightful and relevant information among the entire Mexican resort real estate community, including developers, realtors, owners, resellers and potential buyers. This is especially true in light of today’s [...]
Accommodations range from plain to perfectly posh Joseph Kula, Special to The Province Published: Sunday, December 14, 2008 R iviera Nayarit (it rhymes with sweet) is for the birds, literally. This 160-kilometre playa-lined playground on Mexico’s north-central coast stretching from Nuevo Vallarta in the south to San Blas in the north draws snowbirds from as far [...]
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Punta de Mita up high is breath taking. The sparkling and stylish PVSR Penthouse corner unit is a lux 2 level 5 bedroom condo with panoramic mural view of sunlight, seascape and starry skies that you must experience for yourself. Long views of coastline and mountains over sweeping terraces showcase an ambitious re-defininition of Punta de Mita's luxurious Pacific Mexican indoor-outdoor living experience.
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Casa 7 Sparkling and new modern villa right in the beach or Ranchos Punta Mita, next door to Villa Romance. |
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El Banco 5 Artful and dramatic modern Pacific villa with a gorgeous green lawn, elegant water features, unique home tech and sublime details. |
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Villa Los Arcos & Villa Mirador San Miguel de Allende by the Sea. Exquisite and expansive private beach within the gated residential community called El Banco. |
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Papelillos Dreamy as can be for a bare-footed bride. Amazing three acre estate at the end end of Ranchos beach, Punta Mita Resort. |
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Hotel des Artistes Gorman or gourmet, Cafe des Artises puts on a delightfully decadent event. |
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Casa Mis Amores Naturally exclusive estate on sixty-six acres of jungle oasis just South of Sayulita and North of Punta de Mita. |
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Casa Seraphines & Casa del Quetzal Sister villas rich in cuture overlooking all of Conchas Chinas, the Bay of Banderas and Puerto Vallarta. |
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Todo Bien Sparkling and new modern villa right in the beach or Ranchos Punta Mita, next door to Villa Romance. |
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El Destino The tip of the Punta de Mita peninsula is a fantastic, full service destination within the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Rancho Huracan Secret, secluded and beguilingly stylish jungle refuge stands as a very private work of art, just South of Sayulita. |
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Amore Gorgeous and ornately world class 11 bedroom villa on spectacular Ranchos beach at the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Amanecer Dramatic cliffside villa within the gated community called Pontoquito on the North Shore of Puerto Vallarta just minutes from the Punta Mita Resort |
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Quinta Crescencia Minimalist grandeur on the cliifs of El Farallon, North Shore Puerto Vallarta, just South of the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Villa Romance Picturesque and sublimely intimate and grassy view to maybe the best spot on Ranchos beach, Punta Mita. |
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China Blanca Minimalist grandeur on the cliifs of El Farallon, North Shore Puerto Vallarta, just South of the Punta Mita Resort. |
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Vista Magica Secret, secluded and beguilingly stylish jungle refuge stands as a very private work of art, just South of Sayulita. |
Punta de Mita up high is breath taking. The sparkling and stylish PVSR Penthouse corner unit is a lux 2 level 5 bedroom condo with panoramic mural view of sunlight, seascape and starry skies that you must experience for yourself. Long views of coastline and mountains over sweeping terraces showcase an ambitious re-defininition of Punta de Mita's luxurious Pacific Mexican indoor-outdoor living experience.
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Casa 7 is an architectural symphony. Spread with stylish details, lounging areas abound, surrounded by water, In the water, on the roof, by the sea. A bar, billiards and loads of toys for the private El Banco beach...this house is large family bliss.
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