How safe is Mexico?

In light of escalating drug-related crime in Mexico's big border cities, safety is a valid concern. The data simply doesn’t support avoiding tourist areas of Mexico.There have been exactly ZERO tourist deaths in the Cancun area duedrug cartel violence. In 2009 more than 4.5 million international tourists arrived at theCancun Airport.

The vast majority of these tourists went home withnothing worse than sunburn and a hangover. Tourists do die here, justlike they do in every tourist destination, but if you look at the statistics you see that they die from drowning (usually because theyswim while drunk) or from heart attacks or sometimes they die in car accidents.

If you read the US State Dept warning carefully you will see that itwarns people away from the border areas, primarily Tijuana and Juarez.Those areas are 1200+ miles from Cancun Airport. Would you avoid going to Miami, Florida because of violence in Detroit, Michigan? I wouldn’t.

It would be a shame for you to cancel your trip because of worry overviolence toward tourists here. Tourists need to use common sense here;there is the normal petty crime you find in any tourist destination.But there simply isn’t violence against tourists here in Cancún, Playa del Carmen and any other destination in the Riviera Maya.

Do you have your own burning question about travelling in Riviera Maya, Mexico? Need some advice on your next family vacation or group travel email us at info@rivieramayaweb.com