As headlines tarnish Riviera Maya’s reputation of being a safe and luxurious getaway for tourists around the world and as tourists shy away from the destination that has been ranked second only to Italy on lists of top five international destinations, it is important to maintain to keep consumers informed of the realitiesof traveling to Mexico.

Here are some important facts to know about Mexico:
• Mexico is the United States #1 foreign tourist destination and more people will visit Mexico before noon today than visit London in a year.
• The growth in visitors from other countries is even greater. Arrivals fromCanada are up almost 22% over 2009, and 32% over 2008, with 1 million air arrivals this year. Italy is up 22%; Germany, 18%; and Brazil up 94% and the Japanese, who are very cautious travelers are up 27%.
• You have a 1.3% chance of being victim of a crime in Mexico vs8% chance in US.
• Mexico Ranks 39th in total crime in the world where as the US ranks 8th.
• New flights and increased capacity to Mexico have been added.
• As for the fatalities due to drug-gang activity, not one American tourist or tourist of any nationality, has been killed as a result of drug-related violence in any Mexican tourism destination. (22.6 million people have visited Mexico in the past 12 months).

The above facts are cited from an article from "Travel Weekly" published November 22, 2010 writtenby Kenneth Kiesnoski from a webinar featuring Mexico's new Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara that took place on November 18, 2010.

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