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Apocalypse Tourism: Where To Celebrate Doomsday?

Posted by samzenpus on from the it's-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "December 21, 2012 marks the end of the current cycle of the Mayan 'Long Count' calendar. And while this has had some fearful types preparing for the end of the world, others have been preparing to travel. The Mexican government is expecting 52 million tourists as part of their "Mundo Maya 2012," campaign to visit the five regions — Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Campeche, over the next 12 months. So, if you're wondering where to spend the last tourist dollars you'll have as a breathing human being or just want to see the looks on those faces when December 21 comes and goes uneventfully, President Felipe Calderon hopes you'll choose Mexico."

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  1. Watching the Hobbit for the 10th time? by fullmetal55 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the end of the world is a week after it's release. It's only fair that I'll be watching it when the world ends.

  2. The scary thing is by OzPeter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I remember when 1999 turned the clock to 2000. At the time there was a bunch of Christian fundamentalists arrested in Israel, who were of the mindset that it was the time of the apocalypse, and if it didn't happen "naturally", then they were sure going to help it along.

    This is the sort of thinking that scares me.

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  3. Re:End drug prohibition and I'll visit by VortexCortex · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When's the last time you had to buy booze from a gangster?

  4. I've always wondered by glwtta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Do these people also believe that our calendars are predicting the world will end in 9999?

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