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...away by the drug war and its piles of headless corpses. The global economic crisis may have done just as good a job of keeping potential visitors at home. In any case, while tourism was hit in the first months of 2009, it was not devastated; for example, the Riviera Nayarit on the Pacific coast reported hotel occupancy of 83% in February, compared with 90% in the same month...
...drug war may have given a few people the jitters, the swine flu sent many more running for their lives. As news of Mexicans sputtering to death on hospital beds shot round the world, tourists fled resorts in packed planes while many more upcoming holidays were canceled. At the Riviera Nayarit, hotel occupancy in May plummeted to 33%, compared with 70% in the same month of 2008. In some other resorts, it was down to single figures. And most of the visitors who came were Mexicans, not foreigners. "It was like first getting a cough and then getting hit over...
...Tides's two Mexican locations - in Zihuatanejo on the Pacific Coast and on the Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen - are offering a second room free of charge until September. Room rates start at $355 in Zihuatanejo, and villas at the Riviera Maya resort start at $585. 866-905-9560 (Zihuatanejo) or 800-578-0281 (Riviera Maya...
...Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya, 10 minutes north of Playa del Carmen and 30 minutes south of Cancún, is offering a $100 nightly credit, which you can use toward dinner, the spa or your room (starting at $395). Or stay three nights to earn a fourth night free (starting at $495 per night...
...business with a 30-for-30 offer. The outfit is taking $300 off the price of 30 different tours, including a nine-day hike through Ecuador's Andean Highlands along the Hacienda Trail ($3,598 per person); a seven-day gastronomic tour of medieval towns along the Italian Riviera ($3,648 per person); or a 10-day expedition through terraced fields, valleys and forests with views of the snow-capped Himalayas in Bhutan ($4,998 per person...