What should I pay attention to when going to Mexico?

Mexico's altitude is relatively high, with the Mexican Plateau in the middle accounting for 5/6 of the country's area, Yucatan Peninsula in the southeast with flat terrain, and most coastal plain areas with long and narrow terrain. Mexico borders the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, with a coastline of1122km. This unique condition has also created coastal resorts, such as Cancun, which is completely different from the central plateau.

The climate in Mexico varies from place to place. The annual temperature difference in the Mexican plateau is small, the annual average temperature is around 20℃, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the ultraviolet rays are strong. Pay attention to sun protection when going out. May to September every year is the summer in the plateau, with more rainfall.

Compared with the Mexican plateau, the coastal and southeastern plains of Mexico are hotter, with an average annual temperature of around 27℃ and little temperature difference between winter and summer. The best season to visit the coastal areas of Mexico is165438+1October. At this time, the weather is fine, there are fewer mosquitoes, but there is more precipitation.

Before tourists travel, they should also consider the climate of some special areas in Mexico, such as the hot and humid weather in the jungle of Mexico in summer, and there may be hurricanes in southern Mexico from August to 65438+10. In some places with higher altitude in the Mexican plateau, the temperature is lower than that in other areas. If you go to these places, you should take warm measures.

Precautions for Mexican tourism entry and exit (customs regulations):

If you bring more than US$ 654.38+US$ 00,000 in cash and a single item with a value of more than US$ 2,000 into the country, you must fill in a customs declaration form. Mexican customs is very strict in inspecting the articles of foreigners entering the country. There are three main types of goods that need to be inspected, namely, goods that can enter the country duty-free, goods that need to be declared and restricted, and goods that are strictly prohibited from entering the country. You can bring a small amount of honey, alcohol, tobacco, cheese products, coffee and leather products into the country. With the health certificate and quarantine certificate, you can bring up to 2 cats or dogs into the country, and other animals must apply to Mexican customs in advance. Dry food, canned meat and bagged cooked meat allowed by Mexican customs can be brought into the country. It is forbidden to bring homemade meat, fresh meat, soil, crops, seeds and fruits into the country without application. Fruit, meat and pickles in ordinary bottles are not allowed. Vacuum-packed mustard tuber has little problem.

Mexican tourists visiting Mexico can ask whether they need to be vaccinated at the National Quarantine Center for People Going Abroad. Mexican authorities do not require foreigners to issue any quarantine certificates.

Foreigners can bring the following items into the country duty-free: 2 or 200 cigarettes, 100 cigars; 1 camera or video recorder, 12 film, the number of films used for photography is not limited; Personal perfume; Per person 1 liter (2 liters, or two bottles) of hard liquor; Gifts with a value not exceeding $65,438+000; 50 books and a certain amount of clothes and personal belongings; 1 typewriter and 1 binoculars, but you must take them with you when you leave the country. (The restrictions are not strict)

Articles restricted from entering the country include: radios, televisions, etc. , need to declare registration; The entry of weapons is strictly restricted.

Articles prohibited from entering the country are: drugs and anesthetics. When medical supplies enter the country, they must be accompanied by a doctor's letter of explanation and the certification of the Mexican consulate, otherwise they will be refused entry.

Travel Card (FMT): All travelers entering Mexico must have this card. Free at airports, immigration and borders. The card fee is included in the ticket; If you enter or leave Mexico by land, you need to bring your travel card to any authorized bank in Mexico and pay $20; If your stay in Mexico is less than 72 hours, and you are only active in certain border areas, you don't need to pay. The general stay time is 15- 180 days. Travel cards can be extended. When the deadline approaches, you can apply to the local Immigration Bureau (INM). When entering Mexico, you must take the initiative to get this card and stamp it at the border immigration office. The number of days of stay and entry time approved by immigration officials will be recorded on the card. You can check this card when you leave Mexico.

Guests should hold the FM3 green visa issued by the embassy and always keep it with their passports. Fill in a narrow list at the border inspection office, and fill in the name, date of birth, nationality, passport number and visa number, which is the number of the guest's FM3 green paper. Hotel, address and telephone number, and the address unit of the inviting unit. This is in duplicate, one copy is left at the border inspection, and the other copy is given to the guests for safekeeping. Use it when you leave the country Go through this procedure and get your luggage.

Mexican tourist visa:

Please read the article "Travel Service Column-A Guide to Handling Tourist Visa and Passport in Mexico" in detail.

Precautions for traveling and shopping in Mexico:

Shopping tax Some merchants will list whether the price of goods includes tax, such as IVA/ Isinklodo "including tax" and Masinpsto "excluding tax".

The business hours of shops are generally 9: 00- 14: 00, 16: 00- 19: 00 from Monday to Friday, and the business hours of some businesses outside the capital are 9: 00- 13: 00 from Monday to Friday.

Payment methods Merchants and hotels generally accept credit cards (most commonly Visa, MasterCard and American Express), and some businesses can directly use US dollars, but the exchange rate is low.

Currency use and exchange:

Mexico's currency is peso, and the standard symbol is MXP.

Exchange places: airports, hotels, banks, exchange offices (Casa de Cambio), etc. Usually convertible into dollars, euros and Canadian dollars.

Exchange rate: 1 USD 1 1 peso.

Banking hours: 09: 00- 13: 30 from Monday to Friday, and banks in the airport are open all day from Monday to Friday. The business hours of the exchange office are noon, evening and weekends, and traveler's checks are not exchanged.

Other taxes:

IVA value-added tax: the full name of Impuesto de Valor Agregado is generally levied in shops, restaurants and hotels, and the tax rate is 15%.

ISH accommodation tax: full name of Impuesto sobre Hospedaje, which is generally levied in hotels, and the tax rate is 2%.

Departure tax: When you leave Mexico, you need to pay airport tax of $ 13 and $8.5. Some air tickets will include such a tax. Please ask before paying.

Mexico's communication and telephone guide:

Mexico has to pay taxes and surcharges for international calls, but there is no extra charge for collect calls. When you buy Telemex's IC card, you can save money by making long-distance calls. You can also make a phone call at the telecom center (caseta de tele`fono or caseta telefo'nica), and using the hotel phone is the most expensive. There is no one in China. It is recommended to use a calling card.

Oficina De Correos is open from 9: 00 am to 17: 30 am on Mondays to Fridays and Saturdays.

Mexico travel tips:

The custom of tipping first appeared in British pubs hundreds of years ago, and then gradually extended to service industries such as restaurant waiters, room attendants and hotel bellboy. In many countries in the world, "tipping and receiving service" has become a customary habit and courtesy, but when I arrived in Mexico, I found that there are all kinds of tipping, and many places in Mexico need to take care of tipping. Generally, it is a bellboy, porter, room cleaner, etc. You need to tip about 65,438+00 pesos. When spending in restaurants and other places, you need to tip the waiter about110. When taking a taxi, they don't need to tip the driver, but the oiler needs to tip.

Bathroom tips are in the basket.

In the bathroom of a Mexican restaurant, there is often a very delicate straw basket or other similar container between two sinks. You will find some Mexican coins or other common currencies such as the US dollar. These are hints. Many restaurants in Mexico City have the custom of tipping in the bathroom. The salary of the service industry here is not much, and tipping is a very important "second income", and bathroom cleaners are no exception, but the amount is slightly lower than that of waiters and parking lot attendants.

Garbage collectors should also tip.

Tips are everywhere in Mexican life. You need to pay extra 10 or 20 pesos every time you collect garbage, otherwise your garbage may be treated unfairly for various reasons.

The police also joined in the fun.

In Mexico City, because the government has no restrictions on vehicles and there is no scrapping system for vehicles, more than 20 million people own more than 6,543,800 vehicles, and more people borrow cars to make money. In addition to valet parking, locals will also charge tips to guide you and introduce the parking lot. The most common thing is that at the crossroads, when the red light is on, many young people flock to it. Undeniably, they sprinkled water on the windshield with plastic bottles filled with soapy water and perforated bottle caps, and then cleaned the car with a brush in less than half a minute. In this case, most drivers will tip two pesos. More mysteriously, some children from poor families will perform some difficult movements for vehicles parked at intersections, such as three people stacking arhats. Good-hearted people will tip 5 pesos according to the rules, but most of the time they will do it for nothing, and the people sitting in the car will pretend to turn a blind eye.

The last person who should accept tips is the police. Parking spaces in Mexico City are very tight. Shopping in a large supermarket like Wal-Mart, even if you pay the parking fee, you may not have a parking space. So when you really need to park your car, you can park your car on the side of the road just by tipping the police. Not only will they not give you a tow ticket, but they will even look after your car. And if this happens in the United States, it will definitely drag you down, and you have to pay a fine of at least one hundred dollars!

Mexico Travel and Accommodation Guide:

If you travel to Mexico, please read this article carefully before staying in the hotel, otherwise you will make a lot of jokes and affect your interest. Most hotels provide Internet service. The local power supply is 220V, and the American battery and power adapter can be provided by the hotel.

If you go to the hotel's high-end restaurant for dinner, whether you have a reservation or not, you should be at the restaurant door. Diners can store their coats, hats and umbrellas in the cloakroom; When eating western food, it is impolite if you can't finish the food that has been served to your plate; When you leave your seat temporarily during the meal, the napkin should be placed on the chair. If you put it on the table, you will be mistaken for finished eating.

Most restaurant accounts are paid by agents. If diners find that the bill does not include the service charge, they should pay a total tip of 10% to 15%. But some bills without "service charge" will be marked with "OK", which means no tipping. In addition, when eating spaghetti, don't roll it up and eat it with a spoon or fork; When eating lobster, peel off the meat or shell with a knife, and then cut it on a plate. Be sure to use a spoon when drinking soup, and never pick up a basin to drink. Wait, these are all common sense to pay attention to when eating.

There will be three towels in the bathroom of the hotel, and each towel has its own purpose: the smallest one is to wash the body; Medium towels are used to wash your face, and large towels are used to wipe your body after bathing.

Some hotels also have a rope in the bathroom, so don't pull it casually, because it is an alarm device to prevent sudden onset of heart disease.

If you want to send the laundry, put the changed clothes in the laundry bag in the wardrobe, fill out the laundry list, put the list in the bag, and then call the laundry.

If you want the hotel to deliver food to the guest room, you can ask for "room service", but this is more expensive than eating in a restaurant 15%, and the tip is about 20% in cash.

Mexican customs and national taboos;

Mexican culture, like its architecture, is a mixture of traces left by different historical periods. As the birthplace of ancient Indian culture, Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec and other ancient civilizations all originated here. /kloc-The Spanish colonial rule from the beginning of the 6th century to the beginning of the 9th century inevitably branded the land of Mexico with Spanish culture. Mariacci music and Zapatero dance perfectly combine the characteristics of Indian music and Spanish music, and are the image expressions of Mexican mixed-race culture.

In terms of religion, the Indian faith is also integrated into Catholicism in Mexico, which may be the reason why Catholicism can become the most important religion in Mexico.