Arizona’s tough new immigration law hasn’t even gone into effect yet, and it’s already working: Mexico has issued an alert for Mexicans traveling to Arizona. The country is urging its citizens to be careful… that they may be “harassed and questioned without further cause at any time” should they go to Arizona. That’s not the [...]
Minnesotans flock to Puerto Vallarta
April 3, 10:55 PMMinneapolis Airlines/Airport ExaminerMarc Friedman The winter and spring break travel season is drawing to a close and once again Minnesotans (Wisconsinites, Iowans and ‘Dakotans’) by the thousands have traveled to the beautiful Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta. Last week was my first visit to the Pacific coast destination and honestly, I was pleasantly [...]
Mexico Goes On Sale
By SARAH NASSAUER The Wall Street Journal With a clean bill of health and a lifted travel ban, Mexico tries to draw tourists back with deals and perks. Everything for the wedding was ready — the on-site florists, photographers, and a 35-foot acrylic platform built over the blue ocean water at the Rosewood Mayakoba resort near [...]
CDC downgrades Mexico travel warning
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped their recommendation Friday that U.S. travelers avoid Mexico because of the flu outbreak. The Travel Health Warning recommending against non-essential travel to Mexico, which went into effect April 27, is “downgraded to a Travel Health Precaution for Mexico,” the health agency said Friday [...]
Swine flu travel warning lifted for Mexico
LA TImes The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, Friday lifted its recommendation that U.S. citizens avoid nonessential travel to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak there, and the U.S. State Department followed suit. Cruise and tour operators wasted no time trumpeting the news, although port calls may not resume immediately. In lifting its warning, the CDC [...]
CDC seeing more regular flu cases now; downgrading warnings about travel to Mexico
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 [...]
Now is great time to explore Mexico’s beauty
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, [...]
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