Participants in the International SOS Duty of Care and Travel Risk Management Global Benchmarking Study ranked Mexico as the most dangerous place to do business, above countries like Iraq, Nigeria and even Afghanistan. That begs the question about risk perception vs. reality about a country that, for the most part and in the majority of its territory, offers a benign business traveler environment.

I recently had the opportunity to write a two-part post for expertflyer.com on the real and perceived dangers in Mexico. You can read the full, two-part post here. Check out the post for the key factors can affect security risk perception, as well as the realities that are impossible to ignore.