Going there in a week… wish me luck lol
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I'm there now lol. We fly back to Canada today. It's fine on the resorts, don't hit up the beach clubs.
According to the US State Department Travel Advisory, it's reasonably safe, just keep your eyes open, stay in well traveled areas and avoid "potentially dangerous situations".
It's a beautiful beach.
The cartels own a lot of the resorts over there and purposefully keep them quiet because they are very profitable which mans the people involved are likely going to be murdered for putting profits in jeopardy.
Do not vacation in countries where the number of murders each year is measured in the tens of thousands, they are not safe.
Exactly. You should read the travel advice other countries issue for people traveling the US.
Here's the UKs advice https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/safety-and-security
Portugal keeps a list of no-go areas: https://portaldascomunidades.mne.gov.pt/pt/vai-viajar/conselhos-aos-viajantes/america/estados-unidos-da-america#condicoes-de-seguranca
Lol I love how it's all in Portuguese, then they get to San Diego and list the neighborhoods in English.
His point still stands.
I take it you don't work for the tourist board in the US then 😂
The resorts in that area are behind guarded walls. The woman, judging by the article, was not in resort, but in Tulum city/town, and likely not in those historical ruins.
Kinda doesn't make sense to travel to 1000s of miles to a country and spend it all behind the walls of some artificial, hermetically sealed resort. Kinda defeats the purpose
I'm there literally right now. If you want to escape the cold of a Canadian winter and hang out in the sun by the beach, while having your food and drinks be a non concern for you and your family for a week it makes sense. It's not how I've travelled most of my life but it's not a bad way to break up the winter.
It's absolutely fucked watching the waste this creates though. Watching people toss full plates of food is gross.
The only reason for such a vacation is because it’s cheap since you can exploit the extreme wealth disparity.
There are other well guarded touristy places, like those Maya ruins, cenotes, etc. when travel into such country, one has to know where it is safe, and where it is not. Those areas are quite visibly separated in that place of Mexico.
You can walk down the beach where it's open to anyone. It was a really nice place. I'd rather get shot there than in San Diego or Miami if I had to choose. 