.jpg)
|
Jul 14
2009
|
 |
Boomers Abroad Online Community Blogs
Boomers share their experiences abroad with us!
Tags >> Rosarito
“Baja (California) Media Analysis,” prepared by Scott Hanning and Jeffrey Werner, Emerson Strategic Communication Group, for (Playas de Rosarito) Mayor Hugo Torres; Emerson Communication Group: Charmiant Corrado, Scott Hanning, Rob Rykowski, Jeffrey Werner and Professor Gregory Payne; Emerson College, Boston, MA
Executive Summary: Through selective reporting, presenting information without context and insufficient analysis, U.S. media outlets have helped perpetuate the mistaken perception that Mexico, including all of Baja California, is a “drug war crisis zone” unsafe for visitors. The net result is the conflation of President Felipe Calderón’s campaign against the drug cartels with tourism in the minds of millions of ordinary Americans, who have chosen to travel elsewhere or stay home. Media coverage of the drug war crisis has thus spawned a second, equally urgent one: Rosarito Beach’s economy, like those of other areas almost entirely dependent on American tourism, has suffered a devastating revenue decline of more than 75%.
Executive Summary: Through selective reporting, presenting information without context and insufficient analysis, U.S. media outlets have helped perpetuate the mistaken perception that Mexico, including all of Baja California, is a “drug war crisis zone” unsafe for visitors. The net result is the conflation of President Felipe Calderón’s campaign against the drug cartels with tourism in the minds of millions of ordinary Americans, who have chosen to travel elsewhere or stay home. Media coverage of the drug war crisis has thus spawned a second, equally urgent one: Rosarito Beach’s economy, like those of other areas almost entirely dependent on American tourism, has suffered a devastating revenue decline of more than 75%.
|
May 16
2009
|
 |
Hello Group,
|
Apr 29
2009
|
|
By Le Roy Jose Amate Perez
Le Roy Jose Amate Perez is the founder of Mexicomatters and www.mexicomatters.net
The 32 million dollars that "investors" lost in the Trump Towers scam is but another example of a U.S. marketing team with a "credible name" ripping off fellow citizens in Mexico. I use the term "investor" in quotes because many of the victims were investor-speculators. The "flipping" of condos, held with large deposits during "presale", became extremely popular and highly profitable, in the Baja boom days - 2002 to 2007. During construction, condos would often triple in value before completion. The same speculator motivation, in the overvalued U.S. real estate and stock markets, made Baja an attractive alternative.
