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Sad to rely on tourism? Dead end job?
I lived on the Riviera Maya for 15 years. Tourism provides tens of thousands of jobs for the no-skill workers from the jungle. All those chamber maids at the resorts have supervisors. Those supervisors have managers. Now you have a middle class, home ownership, and nice newer cars. The manual laborer from the pueblo in the jungle, now has a block home with electricity and running water, his children get an education and move up the economic ladder.
Without tourism there would be zero jobs there, as the covid pandemic showed last year.
Why do Rv'ers have to educate themselves about Mexico politics? What can vacationers do about MX politics? Vote with their wallet by boycotting? That won't help. I am a long time resident and I don't get involved in MX politics.
When I lived in Paamul, the park would fill up with domestic tourists camping/RV during Xmas and Semana Santa. Xpu Ha filled up too. These "locals" were paying 300+p a night for a piece of dirt on the beach. It is a lot cheaper than the 4000p for that hotel room 50 yards away.
You are correct that it is a niche market and will remain that way for the foreseeable future.
As we all know, RVing in Mexico is a totally different adventure than RVing NOB. You MIGHT have a thousand RV's traveling around Mexico today with little to no services for them (that is part of the adventure). You have a couple thousand RV's in Quartzsite and a couple thousand more in Yuma with all the services you could want. Why come south of the border?
Tourism is not a "sad" industry. Mexico has great attractions, offers great hospitality to visitors, and attracts BILLIONS of $$$$'s a year. Mexico does a good job at tourism.
Mexico's reliance on remittance is "sad".
I lived on the Riviera Maya for 15 years. Tourism provides tens of thousands of jobs for the no-skill workers from the jungle. All those chamber maids at the resorts have supervisors. Those supervisors have managers. Now you have a middle class, home ownership, and nice newer cars. The manual laborer from the pueblo in the jungle, now has a block home with electricity and running water, his children get an education and move up the economic ladder.
Without tourism there would be zero jobs there, as the covid pandemic showed last year.
Why do Rv'ers have to educate themselves about Mexico politics? What can vacationers do about MX politics? Vote with their wallet by boycotting? That won't help. I am a long time resident and I don't get involved in MX politics.
When I lived in Paamul, the park would fill up with domestic tourists camping/RV during Xmas and Semana Santa. Xpu Ha filled up too. These "locals" were paying 300+p a night for a piece of dirt on the beach. It is a lot cheaper than the 4000p for that hotel room 50 yards away.
You are correct that it is a niche market and will remain that way for the foreseeable future.
As we all know, RVing in Mexico is a totally different adventure than RVing NOB. You MIGHT have a thousand RV's traveling around Mexico today with little to no services for them (that is part of the adventure). You have a couple thousand RV's in Quartzsite and a couple thousand more in Yuma with all the services you could want. Why come south of the border?
Tourism is not a "sad" industry. Mexico has great attractions, offers great hospitality to visitors, and attracts BILLIONS of $$$$'s a year. Mexico does a good job at tourism.
Mexico's reliance on remittance is "sad".
