Just last week, UNESCO added 8 new sites to their World Heritage List, and the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico was one of them. Located about 100km north west of Mexico City, it's difficult to find out just how many butterflies live or migrate into this area; but presumably over the coming years there will be more information available for tourists. To read the announcement, click here or visit the UNESCO web site here.

07/13/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Monarch, Butterfly, Biosphere, Reserve, Mexico, UNESCO, Heritage Site, Mexico City

 

If you have a trip planned to or near Cancun coming up, be aware that Mexico has apparently closed down hotels south of Cancun, with soldiers guarding the area. To read the article, click here.

07/11/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Mexico, Cancun, Cancún, hotels, travel, safety, tourism, Caribbean

 

Here's the latest promotional video for Mexico tourism, and it is fantastic. First of all, it's quite long at just over 3:30; the quality of the clips are really high, well shot and produced with great colours; finally, the images are quite varied, from history and natural beauty such as pyramids and waterfalls, to the Mexican people and culture. This is a very soft-sell type of promo, with emotional words peppered throughout, rather than web sites addresses or phone numbers to call. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this taste of Mexico.

07/04/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Mexico, travel, tourism, Mexican, video, vacation, trip, honeymoon, hotel, culture

 

Here's an extended look at the XelHa (Xel-Ha) destination in Cozumel, Mexico along the Riviera Maya. Billed as the largest natural aquarium in the world, this video shows the "swimming with dolphins" experience. Although the dolphins do have a natural lagoon to swim in, I'm always torn between educating the public as to the intelligence and curiosity of these creatures versus letting them live their lives in the wild. What do you think?

06/13/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Xel-Ha, XelHa, Cozumel, Mexico, dolphins, dolphin, swimming, aquarium, Riviera, Riviera Maya

 

From National Geographic and the Associated Press comes news that an Aztec palace has been discovered in the heart of Mexico City. Thought to have been used by the emperor Moctezuma (Montezuma), this is an incredible find dating back over 500 years. To watch the video, click here.

06/12/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Aztec, Montezuma, Moctezuma, Mexico, Mexico City, palace, archaelogist, discovery