DON'T WORRY ... BE UTAH

March 13, 2009

Maybe it's the great skiing. Or the weak beer. Or the marriage laws? Sorry, that's not very nice, is it?

Anyway, a U.S. study I stumbled across the other day ranked the Beehive State as number one in its well-being index, grabbing a mark of 69.2.

Hawaii, and how's that for a study in contrasting weather and culture, was second at 68.2, followed by Wyoming (????) at 68.0.

California was ninth, in case you were wondering, with a mark of 67.0.

Bringing up the caboose were Mississippi (61.9), Kentucky (61.4) and West Virginia (61.2).

MEXICO MEDIA MELEE

There's been lots of talk in the media lately about drug violence in Mexico. Law enforcement officials in Vancouver have blamed a recent spate of shootings on the drug wars down south, and there have been warnings in some quarters that folks should avoid Mexican vacations for a while.

This, of course, doesnt' sit well with tourism officials who sell Mexican holidays and golf trips to sun-starved Canadians.

Travel Weekly weighed in this week with a panel discussion and came away that coverage has been "unfair, alarmist and distorted."

Check it out and decide for yourself.

Posted by Jim Byers at 02:53:46 PM in canada, Current Affairs, golf, tourism, Travel, united states

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Travel Blog by Jim Byers

Jim Byers is the Star's Travel Editor. He has been writing travel stories for more than a decade, covered five Olympic Games and spent years covering the Blue Jays, the Toronto Raptors and the PGA Tour. He's been everywhere from Bonavista to Vancouver Island, as well as China, Hong Kong, Australia, the Caribbean, Thailand, Mexico, Tahiti, New Zealand, Vietnam, a dozen countries in Europe and just about every major city in the U.S. Okay, he was only in Liechtenstein for a couple hours in a rental car and his only visit to New Orleans was when he was 12, but you get the picture.

March 13, 2009