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"One of the pictures that starts to emerge is you kind of start towonder about resorts, and the preparedness of resorts to deal withemergencies," he said. "We do enjoy Mexico, but there are otherdestinations to consider." Though Brenda Summers-Gabel, a seasoned world traveller who hasvisited several parts of Mexico, would vacation in the country withher husband, she feels differently about her three teenage andyoung adult daughters. "I'm so sorry for the shop owners. They were so polite, gave suchgood service and were just so caring," said the Kapuskasing, Ont.,mother. "But great service and polite people are one thing, mydaughters and their safety and jeopardy are quite another." Violence localized, officials say Lopez Negrete acknowledged that some violence has occurred intourist destinations, but he said major resort areas know they mustact "promptly, decisively and responsibly" when an incidentinvolves an international tourist or even a Mexican. Cancun, the Riviera Maya and Cozumel are the three most populardestinations for international travellers visiting Mexico, thetourism board says. (John Rieti/CBC) Mexican officials, he said, "feel horrible" about the case of Sheila Nabb, a Calgary woman brutally assaulted in January in the elevator ofher resort in Mazatlan. "These are the kind of incidents you wish never happened." Lopez Negrete said the Mexican justice system acted promptly andtried to help Nabb and her family "because we do care." Within aweek, a Mexican man was arrested in the case and publiclyconfessed. But the accused later told a judge he was tortured toobtain the statement. The tourism board official also pointed out that Mexico is a largecountry and most of the violence particularly that connected toPresident Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels islocalized. "What occurs in the border towns with the U.S. is one thing that istotally different to what occurs in destinations like Cancun,Cozumel, Merida, Vallarta," Lopez Negrete said. While news of violence such as Nabb's assault may cause some tochoose a different resort or town, tourism expert Geoffrey Birdsaid he still expects Canadians to flock to the country. Affordable pricing, proximity and a long history as a preferredtravel destination for Canadians works in Mexico s favour, saidBird, an associate professor of tourism at Royal Roads Universityin Victoria. Denise Schleppe of Kelowna, B.C., and her husband spent a month ata condo in Mazatlan, the same city where Nabb was attacked. Heradult children visited and they toured the city on foot, in taxisand on public transit. "We would absolutely come back.". I am an expert from magnesiumferrosilicon.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Inoculant Casting , Ferro Alloy Industry, Magnesium Ferro Silicon,and more.
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