The whole of last year the word recession was bombarded on our mind through all media. We also suffered the repercussion. Before this could end we landed up in another big trouble in the form of swine flu. Recession affected almost everything right from businesses to travel, layoff and much more.

Travel industry too suffered a major set back. It affected 30-40 percent of inbound tourists and 10-15 percent of outbound tourists. It was the time when the travel industry was gasping for breath then came another major shock, swine flu.

WHO’s statement has truly shaken the foundation of tourism in the western world with 11 countries have officially confirmed the swine flu (H1N1) cases. Lets focus on the place from were the virus was picked up. Earlier it was stated, one-third of Americans picked up the virus from Mexico but now the Federal Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has proved it wrong and confirmed 10 percent cases were affected.

But the warning against non essential travel to Mexico is still into force. The impact of swine flu has crippled the tourism. Right from flights to major cruise operators decided to reroute the Mexico voyages until mid-June. Still worse was when the National Tourism Bureau temporarily closed all the tourists’ routes to Mexico. At present Mexico is totally cut off from the main stream.

Several events were cancelled in Mexico and those places which were crowded with tourists are now l deserted. The only people we could see the masked men with their eyes filled with several questions as when will these dark clouds of adversities get over?

Tourism being the major industry in Mexico and major source of revenue generation, has left people with no options rather to keep their fingers crossed and wait for the situation to get normal.