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Catch Swine Flu, Stay for Free: Mexican Hotels

Resorts try to lure back vacationers with promotion

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(Newser) – Several Mexican resorts are offering free stays to tourists who catch swine flu while vacationing there, the Times of London reports. They hope to restore confidence in the sunny destination, which they say has been completely sanitized of the H1N1 virus. The hotel leading the promotion also slashed rates by 40%. Holiday bookings have fallen 83% during the flu outbreak.

Tourists sunbathe at a beach in Cancun. Some hotels are offering a free stay if vacationers contract swine flu.
Tourists sunbathe at a beach in Cancun. Some hotels are offering a free stay if vacationers contract swine flu.   (AP Photo)
A civil-protection officer wearing a face mask as a precaution against swine flu contagion gives a leaflet to a tourist about how to avoid the swine flu in Acapulco.
A civil-protection officer wearing a face mask as a precaution against swine flu contagion gives a leaflet to a tourist about how to avoid the swine flu in Acapulco.   (AP Photo)
A tourist sits among empty chairs in Cancun. Many vacationers canceled their Mexico trips after the swine flu outbreak.
A tourist sits among empty chairs in Cancun. Many vacationers canceled their Mexico trips after the swine flu outbreak.   (AP Photo)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 14, 09 3:00 PM CDT
It's not just the flu that's making tourists think twice... it's the swine drug dealers, unhealthy air in MCity, and government corruption as well. There's too many layers of undesirable aspects in traveling to Mexico right now. Forget the fact that our spoiled indulgence and lack of self control exacerbate your drug problems, clean up your act! Reply
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kokuaguy
May 15, 09 2:38 AM CDT
Exactly -- this may be the best possible time to visit Mexico -- while the whole place in is lock down. Reply
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