By Jayne Clark, USA TODAY The beach at Tulum, at the southern end of Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Visitation to Mexico is up, despite concerns about drug violence. CAPTION By Paolo Carosso Despite tales of drug violence, visitation to Mexico was up almost 19% over last year, as of September. And with 22.6 million tourists expected [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2010 by admin
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By: Charles Sipe Mexico Tourism Rebound Although the recession and warnings of violence has hurt tourism in 2009, visitors to Mexico has rebounded in 2010. According to an article from International Living: This year the tourists are back. So far in 2010, over 7.1 million international tourists have come to Mexico, a 19% increase over [...]

Posted on October 20th, 2010 by admin
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Mexico Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara said the country expects to have 22.6 million foreign tourists this year, matching the industry’s 2008 numbers before swine flu hurt activity last year. The number of visitors grew 20 percent from January through August from the same period a year earlier, the minister said without specifying figures in an [...]

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Mexican stock market is going gangbusters this year despite a drug war that has claimed more than 28,000 lives. The Mexican stock market’s IPC Index has increased 6.7% year-to-date, outpacing the Dow Jones industrial average’s 5% gain. This is one of the factors that prompted John Lomax, emerging markets equity [...]

Posted on October 13th, 2010 by admin
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Nicole Martin gives us an “inside the industry” introduction to top Vallarta real estate professionals. Everyone in Vallarta has a story, and Nicole tells them all, realtor by realtor. (video by PromoVision)September 25, 2010:    Part 1 | Part 2 In Realtor 365, a new monthly video program on BanderasNews, Nicole Martin offers her unique, quirky [...]

Posted on September 29th, 2010 by admin
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Experts in celebrating the next chapter in life, AARP The Magazine traveled the globe to discover the ultimate retirement destinations abroad. Factoring climate, expat community, cost of living, housing, health care, access to the U.S. and culture and leisure, AARP The Magazine reveals the top five locales in its September/October issue, available in homes and [...]

Posted on July 27th, 2010 by admin
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NOTE: The International Community Foundation is a public charity founded in 1990 with a mission to expand the level of charitable giving internationally by U.S. donors with an emphasis on Mexico and Central America The International Community Foundation released its report “Housing and Real Estate Trends Among Americans Retiring in Mexico’s Coastal Communities” to make [...]

Posted on July 13th, 2010 by admin
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Since 2000, some of California’s private health insurers, and at least one employer group, have offered binational health insurance. These plans cover services on both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border. Both immigrants from Mexico and U.S. citizens take advantage of the lower prices of medical services across the border. Nearly one million Hispanic and non-Hispanic [...]

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by admin
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* Carstens says sees “strong recovery process” (Adds quotes, background on economy) By Luis Rojas Mena CANCUN, Mexico, March 21 (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy, recovering from its worst recession in decades, could grow as much as 5 percent in 2010, the country’s central bank head said on Sunday, raising his outlook in line with analyst [...]

Posted on July 1st, 2010 by admin
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Mexico Drug War Doesn’t Stop Americans From Moving South of the Border Bill Engle is outside, sweating in work clothes while he oversees renovations to his colonial house in Mérida, Mexico. It sits on a street dubbed “Gringo Gulch,” a pretty row of baby blue, violet, and mustard facades where expatriates outnumber Mexicans. “It is [...]

Posted on June 15th, 2010 by admin
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