Personal Injury Law

Cruise Lines Opt to Skip Mexican Ports for Passenger Safety

By Mark R. Hanson

This past week Disney Cruise Lines opted to skip Mazatlán Mexico citing the escalating crime in the Mexican city. Princess and Holland America quickly followed suit. Now the cruise industry's giants are slated to meet this coming week to discuss Mexico's ongoing violent crime problem and cruise line tourists being caught in the cross-fire of the Mexican drug wars.

Recently NCL and RCL have removed certain Mexican ports from their itineraries claiming lack of interest or health concerns. It seems now that the real problem has been crime. We applaud the cruise industry's concern for passenger safety off the ship. It seems as though Mexico cannot bridle its crime problems and until they do, the cruise industry has decided to take its business elsewhere. Kudos!

It may not seem like much but the economic impact to these Mexican tourist ports and their surrounding areas will send a loud message to Mexican officials. Hopefully the message will be heard. Mexico has many beautiful sites and it's a shame that the criminal element has to ruin the opportunity for the rest of the world to enjoy.

Full post as published by LaBovick Injury Law Blog on January 29, 2011 (boomark / email).