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JILLIAN: DREAM VACATIONS TURNING
INTO NIGHTMARES.
THE DEFENDANT OF STATE ISSUING A
TRAVEL ADVISORY TO AMERICANS AS
VIOLENCE CONTINUES.
>> 25,000 MURDERS IN MEXICO LAST
YEAR WITH VIOLENT CRIME LIKE
KIDNAPPING, CARJACKING AND
ROBBERY ON THE RISE.
JILLIAN: HOW DO THESE DREAM
DESTINATIONS BECOME HOTBEDS.
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GIVE US AN UPDATE.
>> THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE
LATEST WITH THE FAIRY, IT WAS A
POLITICAL ATTACK, THEY WALKED
THAT BAG AND THERE ARE CERTAIN
AREAS LIKE NEW YORK CITY, I HAVE
A HOME IN NEW JERSEY.
YOU DON'T GO TO CERTAIN AREAS
THAT ARE HOTBEDS FOR GANGS OR
DRUGS.
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO
STAY AWAY FROM.
ROB: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
CANCUN.
IF YOU ARE A TOURIST YOU'RE
GOING INTO THE RESORTS.
ANOTHER PLACE LIKE A COUPLE
COKE, SOME THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW,
HOW POPULAR IT WAS WHERE THE
KENNEDYS HONEYMOONED, THE RAT
PACK HUNG OUT.
IT HAD ITS HEYDAY AND TODAY IT
HAS DETERIORATED TO THE POINT
THAT EVEN IN THE RESORTS IT IS
ONLY MEXICANS GOING TO A COUPLE
GO TO VACATION.
>> YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
FACTORS, AND A NEW PHENOMENON, A
COUPLE GO GOT LESS AIRLIFT, LESS
DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM THE US, YOU
HAVE A MUCH TOUGHER WAY TO GET
THERE VERSUS NEW YORK.
AND CANCUN, ONLY 10 MILLION
PEOPLE GOING TO CANCUN EVERY
YEAR NOW.
>> COULD THAT HAPPEN IN CANCUN?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
TAKING THAT AGAIN, DESPITE THE
TRAVEL WARNINGS, YOU GET OUT OF
THE PLANE AND GO TO A TRANSFER,
1000 HOTELS AND RESORTS, IF YOU
GO TO THOSE RESORTS, ENJOYING A
VACATION.
JILLIAN: SO PEOPLE CAN BE UP TO
SPEED, 25,000 MURDERS IN MEXICO
IN 2017, 10 MURDERS INVESTIGATED
TODAY IN A COUPLE GO, SO MY
QUESTION TO YOU IS WOULD YOU
STILL ADVISE PEOPLE TO GO?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL BE IN MEXICO IN APRIL.
IN NEW YORK CITY I AM HERE.
WHAT DO WE HAVE IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS?
PEOPLE IN THE W. SIDE HWY. IN
TIMES SQUARE, THE CHELSEA
BOMBING, NOT TELLING PEOPLE TO
STAY AWAY FROM NEW YORK.
PEOPLE COMING IN FOR LEISURE
TRAVEL AND VACATION, APPLYING
COMMON SENSE TO THE ACTUAL
PROBLEM, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
IS KEY.
>> DRUG CARTELS BUYING OUT
OFFICIALS, THAT IS A GENERAL
ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ISOLATED
INCIDENTS.
>> THERE IS CORRUPTION,
IMPACTING ON THE LOCAL, MURDERS
IN CANCUN, IT IS NOT MURDERS IN
TOURIST AREAS BUT WHERE THE
LOCALS LIVE, MIGHT BE 10 MILES
AWAY FROM WHERE ANY TOURIST
WOULD VENTURE THAT IS WHERE IT
IS HAPPENING.
THE MEXICAN NATIONALS THERE, 20
MILLION AMERICANS WENT TO
MEXICO.
HOW MANY HAD AN ISSUE, THE MOST
VISITED DESTINATION IN THE WORLD
TO NUMBER 8 IN THE LAST DECADE.