Tour Operators Say Zika Virus Warning Has Little Impact on Mexico Travel Michelle Baran - Travel Weekly
go to original February 22, 2016

Tour operators and packagers last week reported that so far the Zika virus is not having a major impact on Mexico bookings.

“Of the hundreds of thousands of Apple Vacations customers booked to Mexico in 2016, less than half a percent have canceled due to Zika virus concerns,” the wholesaler said in a statement.

Mexico went on the offensive earlier this month to combat negative publicity due to being identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one of about 30 countries where active Zika transmission has been found.

Mexico’s Tourism Board has been working to better inform travel agents and tour operators about the locations where its cases have been reported, which aren't its popular tourist areas.

“All of the resort areas are Zika-free,” Rodolfo Lopez Negrete, the CEO of Mexico’s Tourism Board, said earlier this month when the agency released a map indicating where the disease had been reported.

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