On ‘Mexicanizing’ Cruise Ship Tourism & Floating Casinos

Long established on the boardwalk of downtown Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, artist Rosa Elena Isidore paints and sells peaceful, soothing scenery on a street that’s not so tranquil anymore. As the midday tropical sun starts to peel off the skin, cruise ship visitors swoop into downtown in air-conditioned buses equipped with video screens and ice-coolers. Navigating the cobblestone streets, which are still better suited for donkeys than autos, is a challenge amid the careening buses and the bulging waistlines of hundreds of parading foreigners. “*

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