International Tourism in Mexico Continues to Decline

Drug violence in Mexico continues to harm Mexico's important tournism industry. Just today, Reuters reported that international tourism to Cancun is down 4% since the beginning of 2010. As our class' Rosarito Project Team is well aware of, international tourists are assuming that this violence is happening throughout Mexico. We know that the violence is far from both Cancun and Rosarito, but the fear sill exists.

Tourists still fear that travelling to these popular tourist cities could be dangerous. For these individuals, I want to say one thing: violence and crime exist everwhere. It exists in America. It exists in Egypt. It exists in England. We cannot escape drugs and violence anymore than we can escape hate and fear. However, we can learn to be proactive and so can Mexico's tourism industry.

As tourists, we should be doing our research. Rather than just listening to the hype, we should be looking for the facts. And as such tourists, we should be receiving vacation research help from...where?! The tourism industry! I think Mexico's tourism industry needs to re-evaluate how they can promote beautiful, safe Mexican communities and tourist areas. They need to show that these areas are not connected to violent drug crimes. With these tactics in place, maybe we can put fears to rest along with the overall economic slump.