![]() ![]() "I have traveled to major cities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and I feel much safer here than in some parts of New York or Istanbul. "Quintana Roo is in general a safe place to visit and get around as a local and as a tourist," Hola Weddings community manager Ricardo Cruz, who is originally from the south of Mexico City and now lives in Playa del Carmen, said. "Taxistas is a very powerful organization in Mexico, and they are not afraid to protest and/or intimidate to keep their monopoly," Jeff Lanno, founder of Hola Weddings, a travel agency based on the Riviera Maya, told USA TODAY. ![]() ![]() Saving the sharks: Mexico indefinitely bans great white shark cage-diving at this tourist hotspot Is Mexico travel safe?: What to know about visiting Cabo, Cancun, Playa del Carmen and more There were also images and videos of people being forced into police pickups to circumvent taxi blockades to the airport. Videos of tourists being berated, circled and attacked by taxi drivers circulated on social media. The introduction of Uber, which was permitted to operate in Mexico at the start of 2023, angered local taxi unions. 23 for Quintana Roo – home to popular tourist destinations such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum – after incidents involving taxi drivers "occasionally turned violent" against Uber drivers and their passengers sometimes "resulting in injuries to U.S. travelers visiting Mexico's Caribbean coastline may be unsure of the safest way to get around after the State Department warned tourists of possible harassment and attacks from local taxi unions for taking Ubers instead. ![]()
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