RV Tourism in Mexico
Every season there are posters who think that this year RV tourism is increasing. As much as we would all like to think it is recovering the truth is it sucks! Today, El Imparcial has an article on th...
Forum Discussion
A loudmouth senador in Cancun shouted it out for a hundred people to hear in 2006:
"(Hiccup) We all know we want gringos to fly in, dump 100,000 pesos in a week, then get the hell out".
SHCP Hacienda and INM are a disconnected from humanity as any entity in Foggy Bottom. Overland tourism ranks very low on their list of priorities and frankly they could care less if it dries up and blows away. One week's worth of tourists in Cancun OR Puerto Vallarta OR Cabo Son Locos, brings in more revenue than a full year's worth of overland tourism. Read the OR's again. Each destination generates more revenue. Fly in tourists to Mexico City generate more revenue than all of overland tourism. Ninety eight percent of revenue on Cuotas comes from Mexicans not tourists.
Take Mazatlan. Economy. Around EIGHTY PERCENT of a year's tourist revenue comes from Mexicans, not Canucks or Gringos. Even in Cancun, a majority of summer revenue is Mexican.
If an individual does not travel around a lot, rents a house instead of a thirty dollar a night RV parking space, outside of tourist areas it can be much less expensive than MANY places in in the USA. But if you want CHEAP it's tough to beat South Texas, or Mississippi. Most gringos refuse to forego the premium lifestyle so they pay through the snotbox to maintain a high standard of living.
I live Mexican. 100%. Food, neighborhood, idioma, recreation, etc. I do this on a 10K/yr income which is paltry even by Mexican standards.
Crime? PETTY THEFT has been a problem in Mexico since my first trip 50 years ago. Americans worry themselves to death about the CAUSE. Mexicans relax and deal with the effects - how to prevent it.
The treasure of this country is the PEOPLE. The land, the beaches, the pyramids, the quaint villages are a definite SECOND. Without the wonderful culture, Mexico ranks behind Tahiti, Bali, Roratonga, and a hundred other palm tree, turquoise sea beach paradises.
Instead of haranguing about violence, remember, it's USA dollars and USA firearms SUBSIDIZING the mayhem. Maybe it would be less stressing to send billions in subsidies and tons of armaments to Al Qaeda.
"(Hiccup) We all know we want gringos to fly in, dump 100,000 pesos in a week, then get the hell out".
SHCP Hacienda and INM are a disconnected from humanity as any entity in Foggy Bottom. Overland tourism ranks very low on their list of priorities and frankly they could care less if it dries up and blows away. One week's worth of tourists in Cancun OR Puerto Vallarta OR Cabo Son Locos, brings in more revenue than a full year's worth of overland tourism. Read the OR's again. Each destination generates more revenue. Fly in tourists to Mexico City generate more revenue than all of overland tourism. Ninety eight percent of revenue on Cuotas comes from Mexicans not tourists.
Take Mazatlan. Economy. Around EIGHTY PERCENT of a year's tourist revenue comes from Mexicans, not Canucks or Gringos. Even in Cancun, a majority of summer revenue is Mexican.
If an individual does not travel around a lot, rents a house instead of a thirty dollar a night RV parking space, outside of tourist areas it can be much less expensive than MANY places in in the USA. But if you want CHEAP it's tough to beat South Texas, or Mississippi. Most gringos refuse to forego the premium lifestyle so they pay through the snotbox to maintain a high standard of living.
I live Mexican. 100%. Food, neighborhood, idioma, recreation, etc. I do this on a 10K/yr income which is paltry even by Mexican standards.
Crime? PETTY THEFT has been a problem in Mexico since my first trip 50 years ago. Americans worry themselves to death about the CAUSE. Mexicans relax and deal with the effects - how to prevent it.
The treasure of this country is the PEOPLE. The land, the beaches, the pyramids, the quaint villages are a definite SECOND. Without the wonderful culture, Mexico ranks behind Tahiti, Bali, Roratonga, and a hundred other palm tree, turquoise sea beach paradises.
Instead of haranguing about violence, remember, it's USA dollars and USA firearms SUBSIDIZING the mayhem. Maybe it would be less stressing to send billions in subsidies and tons of armaments to Al Qaeda.
