México Welcomes You!
México is one of the world’s most incredibly diverse travel destinations. Whatever your vacation wishes, México will make them come true. Come for a week or a month and you’ll never run out of things to do; even if all you want to do is relax!
Are you the outdoors type? You will find championship golf courses, snorkeling and scuba diving on some of the world’s greatest coral reefs, hiking, rainforests, jungles and much more. In a matter of days, you can go from exploring a desert to standing on a snow-capped mountain. The sun worshippers will find the beaches of Mexico the best in the world. Miles upon miles of unspoiled sand awaits you! How about taking a walk among some of the most vast and fascinating ancient ruins in the world? If you’re a history buff, México will captivate you and keep you spellbound. The Aztecs and Mayans left their marks with temples, cities and towns both world-famous and barely explored.
6 Reasons Why México Is Safer Than You Think
Topics: México Essentials & Safety
Written by: Mexperience
Published: January 2017
We occasionally receive questions from people asking about the current situation regarding safety and security in México. To provide some perspective, listed here are six reasons which demonstrate how México’s drug-related issues, which remain a body of work to address, do not make Mexico wholly unsafe.
Visitor numbers keep rising: The Bank of México is responsible for collating and publishing foreign visitor statistics. The latest figures reveal that over 35 million foreign tourists arrived in Mexico in 2016, up 9% on the year before, continuing the rising trend over the last several years. México is one of the world’s top-ten most visited nations in the world. Despite some of the negative news-flow, and especially that around the drug-related violence, people keep coming to México. Statistics from foreign consulate records consistently show that the overwhelming majority of visits to Mexico are trouble-free.
México is evolving into one of the world’s most important economies. Years of sound economic governance, a welcoming economy with policies that encourage free trade and partnership (México has tariff-free trade agreements with 46 countriesaround the world), coupled with shrewd investment, and relatively low debt (public and private) have created an attractive environment for investors and foreign companies. México is today one of the world’s few ‘trillion-dollar’ economies, and mature nations are keen to work with Mexico.
No foreign resident exodus. In decades now long-past, when Mexico’s economy was less open and less stable, foreign residents would often flee home in the event of a peso crisis. Today, even with the drug-related flare-ups, no such exodus is taking place and, furthermore, we are seeing interest in relocation to México rising substantially. Mexico’s government is expecting its expat communities to grow over the coming decade and beyond, and offers choices in facilitation of this, as welcoming foreign residents—who bring their energy and capital to México—creates significant mutual benefits. If México is a wholly dangerous place to be, why are existing foreign residents staying put and inquiries for relocation to México growing?
The violence is mostly confined to drug-gangs. The research data show that the surge of homicides in México over the last few years has come about through drug-gang members killing other drug-gang members. Tourists, business visitors, and foreign residents are not being targeted by the drug-gangs, and statistics from foreign consulates show that the overwhelming majority of visits to Mexico pass by trouble-free.
México matters: México is a good neighbor to the U.S. and is also one of the world’s most important nations—poised to play important roles in world affairs during this 21st century. México and the U.S. share a very broad range of common interests and both nations work together on issues concerning trade and security in efforts to bring prosperity and well-being to the continent.
Mexico’s underlying story is strong and getting stronger. Notwithstanding the drug-related issues, the country’s macro-economics are in good shape; Mexico has substantial oil and gas reserves as well as considerable mineral and precious metal wealth; it’s also enacting structural reforms across key sectors with the intention to transition the country’s economy from being heavily dependent on oil and manufacturing into a multi-faceted, diverse and sustainable economic environment; foreign visitors keep coming back despite the negative news-flow; Mexico’s free trade agreements are bridges which cultivate understanding, trade and prosperity between the signatories of these accords.
Every day, tourists arrive in México to rest themselves and enjoy its rich culture and heritage; business visitors arrive to trade and cultivate new friendships, and foreign residents living here are going about their lives normally, contributing positively in the Mexican communities they call home. These activities don’t make headlines, but they are indeed the real-life experiences of people visiting and living safely in Mexico.
