Category Archives: Tourism and Travel

Tourism and Travel in Mexico.

Fireflies, Meteors and Milky Way at Sierra de Organos National Park

This photograph is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 2nd, 2025. It was photographed on July 29th and 30th at Mexico’s Sierra de Organos National Park (Parque Nacional Sierra de Órganos) in Zacatecas state. Here is NASA’s explanation: … Continue reading

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Tourism to Mexico Going Up, Tourism to the U.S. Going Down

Tourism to Mexico is going up, tourism to the U.S. is going down. That’s what recent stats show. On September 19th, Newsweek published an article entitled Mexico Sees Tourism Boom as US Sees Sharp Decline. Here’s how the article begins: … Continue reading

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How Safe is Mexico for Tourists? The State Department Travel Advisory Can Help.

How safe is it for Americans to travel to Mexico? On the one hand there are terrible stories of violence emanating from south of the border. On the other hand there are tens of millions of Americans who visit Mexico … Continue reading

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Mexicans Visiting Mexico Say Mexican Officials Worse than U.S. Migration Agents

Mexicans who live in the U.S. have long complained about being taken advantage of by Mexican officials when they go back to visit Mexico. A recent article in Mexico’s Excelsior quotes such U.S.-resident Mexicans who were passing through Hermosillo in … Continue reading

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Chichen Itza Archaeological Site Taken Over by Protesting Teachers

The Mayan site of Chichen Itza is one of Mexico’s most famous archaeological tourist destinations. I’ve been there a couple of times, it’s a fascinating site. On June 11th, 2025, Chichen Itza was taken over by protesting teachers. From Mexico … Continue reading

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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo – May the 5th, is the Mexican holiday celebrating the Mexican victory over the French army on May the 5th, 1862, at Puebla, east of Mexico City. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day, as many … Continue reading

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Cuatro Cienegas Basin Seen From Space

Cuatro Cienegas is located in the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. In Spanish you might see it written as one word (Cuatrociénegas) or two (Cuatro Ciénegas).  It’s an interesting area. Cuatro Ciénegas means “Four Marshes”. In current scientific terminology, … Continue reading

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The Maya Train

The Maya Train (Tren Maya), a project begun during the previous administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), was recently completed. Here’s a photo of the Maya Train in the Merida station: The Maya Train is located in the Yucatan … Continue reading

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Foreign Arrivals Decrease at Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta Airports

Recent data show a decrease in foreign arrivals to Mexican tourist destinations Cancun (Caribbean coast), Los Cabos (south end of Baja California peninsula) and Puerto Vallarta (Pacific coast). From Travel and Tour World: “Mexico’s airports in Cancun, Los Cabos, and … Continue reading

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Fewer Americans Dining in Tijuana, So Restaurants Going Bankrupt

Tijuana is a Mexican border city on the far west end of Mexico, across the border from San Diego, California. In fact, Tijuana and San Diego and other cities actually form a transborder metroplex of five and a half million … Continue reading

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