Posts in Category: Health and Safety

Mexico Getting a Bad Rap

MSNBC has recently published an article called Time to Say Adios to Mexico? containing wildly misleading statements about safety in… Read more »

Travel Weekly Interviews President Calderon in Las Vegas

Travel Weekly Interviews President Calderon in Las Vegas

This article, originally titled In Vegas, Calderon bets on tourism, has been re-posted from Travel Weekly and was written by… Read more »

Safety of Mexico Interview

Safety of Mexico Interview

In May of 2011, Journey Mexico lead a group of 13 travel experts from around the world on a 14… Read more »

Travel Safety in Perspective: USA vs. Mexico

Travel Safety in Perspective: USA vs. Mexico

This article was written by Tim Leffel and has been re-posted from his blog Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations There’s been… Read more »

The US’s New Travel Warning for Mexico Misleading

The US’s New Travel Warning for Mexico Misleading

As many are aware of by now, the US State Department updated its travel warning for Mexico on April 22nd… Read more »

Why You Should Go To Mexico

Why You Should Go To Mexico

This article was originally posted on CNN Traveler and was written by Robert Reid New York (CNN) — Mexico tourism… Read more »

Danger Increasing in Mexico? Large Investments Say No

Danger Increasing in Mexico? Large Investments Say No

On April 22nd, the US State Department updated its travel warning for Mexico, expanding it to include five new states:… Read more »

Mexico Tourism Board Chicago on Safety in Mexico

Mexico Tourism Board Chicago on Safety in Mexico

In this video on the safety of Mexico, Rodrigo Esponda, the US Midwest Director of Mexico Tourism, does a great… Read more »

Violent Deaths in Mexico: Everything Is Not as it Seems

Violent Deaths in Mexico: Everything Is Not as it Seems

This article has been re-posted from http://thecatalist.org. The original article can be found here. “In recent months the debate about… Read more »

Riviera Nayarit Leading Mexico’s Charge

Riviera Nayarit Leading Mexico’s Charge

Riviera Nayarit, located just north of Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, had a stellar year of tourism in 2010…. Read more »

President Calderón on the Safety of Mexico

President Calderón on the Safety of Mexico

While on the “Royal Tour” of Mexico with Peter Greenberg, Arnie Weissmann of Travel Weekly was able to interview Mexico’s… Read more »

Boots on the Ground in Mexico

Boots on the Ground in Mexico

I came to Mexico in mid-December thinking I’d report on the drug violence taking place across the country. Since then, the only violence I’ve had to report was in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks ago when a lone gunman killed six and gravely wounded more than a dozen more of his fellow Arizonans.

Peter Greenberg Comments on the Safety of Mexico

Peter Greenberg Comments on the Safety of Mexico

Peter Greenberg is one of the most trusted and influential figures in international travel. For decades, Greenberg has reported, edited,… Read more »

Personal Safety in Puerto Vallarta

Personal Safety in Puerto Vallarta

Sometimes I’ve been called a maverick because I don’t always agree with my colleagues but then, only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. The stream here is Mexico.

Continuing the Conversation of Saftey in Mexico

Continuing the Conversation of Saftey in Mexico

We recently posted an article called Virtuoso Statistics on Travel to Mexico that really sparked some interesting dialogue on the… Read more »

Mexican Tourists not Deterred

Mexican Tourists not Deterred

The Economist posted a great article last Thursday titled: “Can’t Keep Them Away,” which offers some interesting statistics and facts… Read more »

Journey Mexico Statement on Violence and Security

Journey Mexico Statement on Violence and Security

Mexico remains a safe tourist destination despite the recent high-profile incidents involving violent crime. These incidents have been largely relegated to the border region and areas that have intensive drug trafficking operations and cartel activity.

More Good News About Mexico

More Good News About Mexico

As Mexico continues to be berated with negative media coverage, it’s important to contextualize the “shocking” news that is often… Read more »