And they say Mexico is dangerous...

Holymole, what I'm saying is that the Canadian and US news media and our governments have been saying how dangerous Mexico is for us tourists and you barely ever hear of warnings for other destinations that are in fact really dangerous and have issues with violence against tourists on a regular basis but still popular with many. The DR and Jamaica are the top 2 places in our hotspots for violent crimes against tourists. Mexico is nowhere close to these destinations but gets the brunt of the negative reporting when in fact there is little violence against tourists happening, especially when you compare the numbers of tourists visiting all these destinations with Mexico still way ahead of all combined other hotspots...

That is most definitely true. I used to live in the US Virgin Islands and I was there during the Fountain Valley Massacre where a bunch of tourists were killed by pissed off ex-Vietnam vets at a luxury golf course. The island was just beginning to recover from that when Hugo hit. But in the long run, the island has never really recovered from the two incidents since it set the place so far behind. And once again violence there is out of control and there are shootings happening in broad daylight and no one seems to be able to do anything, but their politicians are sure living well. So they struggle to attract tourists and cruise ships just like we do, but the difference is that their tourists have actually been targeted by their criminals over and over, whereas here it's not so much the criminals that target tourists as corrupt public servants and a few overcharging taxi drivers and the odd waiter padding the bill.