Although hospitality industry leaders are predicting that this could be the best year in history for Mexico tourism, others worry that it may be the worst. Protests by striking teachers have paralyzed Mexico City. Hotel occupancy is down by 50 percent. The president on Monday will deliver his annual state of the nation address from his official residence, not from the National Palace or Chamber of Deputies as originally planned. Thousands of police are protecting the halls of Congress, which goes into session on Sunday. Elsewhere, landless farmers have invaded tourism developments in Acapulco, vigilantes in several states claim to be protecting communities against narcotics traffickers, and the Yaqui tribe in Sonora is blocking the main highway leading south from Arizona. Major vacation destinations remain unaffected.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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