Mexico Insight

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a micro web site on its portal to support efforts in communicating up-to-date information about the recent outbreak of swine influenza.  The new micro site is being updated on a daily basis.
In its latest update, and in a separate advice note to travelers, the WHO has, once again, […]

As part of our commitment to continuously develop the services we provide, today we launched an improved version of the header on Mexperience.  The enhanced header includes a new Blog Headline and ‘Latest’ news feed ticker.
Blog Headlines: Headlines from our two blogs, Mexico Insight and Foreign Native, are now also fed into a ‘ticker’ situated […]

The Mexico Tourism Board is the quasi-autonomous marketing arm of Mexico’s Tourism Ministry, responsible for promoting Mexico nationally and internationally.
Tourism is one of Mexico’s most important sources of income, attracting some $14 billion of foreign revenues each year.  It is estimated that some ten million Mexicans depend upon tourism — directly and indirectly — as […]

Precise numbers and statistics about the current ‘swine flu’ mortality rate vary somewhat, depending on where you read them.
What is certain is that the majority of people who have died of flu in the last few weeks did not die from the ‘swine flu’ variety.  The US State Department said as much, on its latest […]

Earlier this afternoon, citing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision to raise the phase category of the ’swine flu’ pandemic from Category 3 to Category 4, the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is now advising its citizens against “all but essential” travel to Mexico.
The US State Department, in its latest Mexico travel alert, cites […]

The US Geological Service (USGS) recorded an earthquake in Mexico, initially reporting a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter Scale and afterwards revising that figure down to 5.6.  The earthquake was felt at around 11:46pm, local time.
The epicenter was recorded to be about twenty miles south-east of the city of Chilpancingo, capital city of the state of Guerrero, and […]

On April 22, Mexico’s Ministry of Health issued a nation-wide alert about the outbreak of a flu-like virus that has caused the deaths of some sixty people and infected many others.
Cases of the same flu virus have also been reported in the USA, although all patients recovered.
The current strain is said to be a rare […]

Tipping people for services rendered is a practice that is deeply engrained into Mexican culture.
Most of the people working in Mexico’s tourism and catering service industries earn a low basic minimum wage and depend upon your tips to earn their living.   The importance of earning those tips, coupled with extensive training programs rolled-out nationwide out by […]

This Sunday, April 5, clock-time in Mexico is moved forward by one hour in all states except Sonora.  Sonora, a state bordering Arizona, does not adhere to the Daylight Saving Time (DST) protocol and thus keeps its clocks in-step with its US-neighbor.
As we outlined in a blog article last month, spring clock-time changes have taken […]