{"id":2627,"date":"2012-02-06T10:41:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T23:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2012-02-06T18:55:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-06T07:55:40","slug":"cashing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2012\/02\/cashing-in-2627.html","title":{"rendered":"Fox: Cashing in on 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/2012\/01\/30\/exploiting-end-world-in-tourism\/\">article<\/a> over at Fox News, although I&#8217;m not sure &#8220;cashing in&#8221; is fair &#8211; Americans are heading south for 2012, and businesses are accommodating them.\u00a0 Perhaps it is Fox who are cashing in, using words like <em>lure<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the most prominent countries of the Mundo Maya \u2013 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador \u2013 the tourism industry is gearing up for a record year, with dozens of Maya-themed offerings designed to lure visitors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway, here&#8217;s an overview of the attractions mentioned in the article:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tapachula, Guatemala &#8211; 8-foot digital count-down clock<\/li>\n<li>Mexico&#8217;s Riviera Maya are planning reenactments of a popular Mayan ball game<\/li>\n<li>Paul McCartney will perform in the spring at Chich\u00e9n Ixt\u00e1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2012weddingsbelize.com\/maya-marriage-of-many-12-12-twenty-12\/\">Mass Mayan marriage ceremony<\/a> in Belize on 12-12-12<\/li>\n<li>See in the End of the World on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayancruise2012.com\/\">Carnival Triumph<\/a> cruise ship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course no operators are mad enough to actually call it <em>the end of the world<\/em>, unless they say <em>and the start of a new one<\/em> in the same breath. Belize&#8217;s tourist board are trying:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Where Will You Be When The World Begins Anew Belize? Maya 2012.\u2033 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2630\" href=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/2012\/02\/cashing-in-2627.html\/belize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2630\" title=\"belize\" src=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/belize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/belize.jpg 1035w, http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/belize-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/belize-1024x791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For me the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">best offering to date<\/span> is the ability to camp at the Maya site of Caracol on Dec 20 2012. It is limited to just 100 people. It costs just $150 per person and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.   The price includes camping and site entrance fees, a professional guide,  traditional fire ceremony and two meals. Phone 800-624-0686 to see if there are any places left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an interesting article over at Fox News, although I&#8217;m not sure &#8220;cashing in&#8221; is fair &#8211; Americans are heading south for 2012, and businesses are accommodating them.\u00a0 Perhaps it is Fox who are cashing in, using words like lure.<br \/>\nIn the most prominent countries of the Mundo Maya \u2013 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras and El Salvador \u2013 the tourism industry is gearing up for a record year, with dozens of Maya-themed offerings designed to lure visitors.<br \/>\nAnyway, here&#8217;s an overview of the attractions mentioned in the article:<\/p>\n<p>Tapachula, Guatemala &#8211; 8-foot digital count-down clock<br \/>\nMexico&#8217;s Riviera Maya are planning reenactments of a popular Mayan ball game<br \/>\nPaul McCartney will perform in the spring at Chich\u00e9n Ixt\u00e1<br \/>\nMass Mayan marriage ceremony in Belize on 12-12-12<br \/>\nSee in the End of the World on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship<\/p>\n<p>Of course no operators are mad enough to actually call it the end of the world, unless &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341,313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mayan","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions\/2640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/survive2012.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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