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less-violenceReports the prestigious Lonely Planet guide

Americans are more likely to be victims of violence within the home towns of their country as tourists than in Mexico, said today the tourist guide publisher Lonely Planet.

In an article posted on its official blog, the editor has Indicated That there is "statistical evidence" that "Americans are less likely to face violence in Mexico than at home, especially when it comes to the most popular destinations" of that country.

Lonely Planet has cited as an example that, according to data from Stanford University, in downtown Disney World, Florida, there were 7.5 homicides per 100,000 residents in 2010, while Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, had rates of 1.83 and 5.9, respectively.

The publication added that tourist destinations in the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Belize and Jamaica, have "much higher" rates of homicide: 36, 42 and 52 per 100 thousand inhabitants, respectively.

The U.S. government maintains a travel warning to various regions of Mexico for its citizens.

However, statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) cited by Lonely Planet, indicate that in the United States there were committed 4.8 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010.

According to the State Department, about 120 of the 5.7 million Americans who visited Mexico in 2012 were killed, representing a rate of 2.1 homicides per 100 thousand visitors.

Regardless of whether they were related to the drug trade, the homicide rate for Americans in Mexico is less than half of the national rate of the United States, said the tourist editor.

In regards to the residents of Texas, Lonely Planet has argued that they are twice as safe in Mexico than in their own state and in the case of Houston, residents are three times safer in Mexico than in their own city .

"Given the numbers, it might be appropriate for Texans to ignore the warnings of their Department of Public Safety against traveling to Mexico," says Lonely Planet. Five out of every 100 thousand residents of Texas were killed in 2010, according to the FBI.

Houston was that year the most violent city with 143 murders (6.8 per 100 thousand inhabitants), more than three times the homicide rate of Americans in Mexico.

THE HIGHLIGHT:

In regards to the residents of Texas, Lonely Planet has argued that they are twice as safe in Mexico than in their own state.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/08/05/corren-estadounidenses-mas-riesgos-en-los-eu-que-aqui"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]