Cruise lines rile passengers, tourism officials by avoiding Mexican ports
Saturday, May 2, 2009 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
Carriers will avoid stopping in Mexico for up to six weeks, rerouting ships to San Diego, Santa Barbara and San Francisco. Mexican tourism merchants are hurting, and some passengers are angry. As cruise lines announced plans Friday to avoid Mexican ports for several more weeks, the swine flu scare stirred anxiety among tourism leaders and anger among cruise passengers.