“It is absolutely safe,” says Carlos Rodríguez Bucheli Cota, the General The man of the La Paz Tourism Board. “It is a preferred international vacation spot for families, wager tourists and retirees.”
Rabinor of Journey Mexico recommends the resort township of Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita on the Riviera Nayarit on the West Coast. It has the enrapture of a small beachside village, but the amenities, restaurants and rental properties of a top beach stopping-place. It’s great for families, couples and solo travelers and has a lively ex-pat community.
Riviera Maya and Tulum on Eastern Yucatan peninsula are also a capable bet, says Rabinor.
“Yucatan is a safe haven,” Rabinor said. “Crucial U.S. cities such as New York and Chicago have higher murder reprimands than the entire state of Yucatan.”
Mexico City is quickly fetching one of the foodie destinations of the world for everything from street food to sincere culinary gems. The Mexican capital is a big city and visitors should harass the same caution they would in any other busy urban space, but it has recently been relatively free of the gang and drug violence that bear infected other parts of the country. It has a lower homicide rate than Washington D.C., according to Christopher Wilson of the Wilson Center.
Hana LaRock, a 26 year-old hack living in Toluca, an hour outside of Mexico City says she has the hang ofed more tourists recently in Mexico City than she has in the past.
“People appear to be less concerned with safety in this city than they were years ago,” LaRock said. “One cold-blooded thing that Mexico City has done is that they’ve contrived train cars that are only for women and children, in order to heed them safe against sexual harassment on subways, which, as we comprehend, happens everywhere.”
And even though the city was struck by a 7.1 consequence earthquake last fall, it is currently considered safe for visitors according to Wilson. “Potentially vacillating buildings have been closed,” he says.
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