Cancun gets the spotlight for MTV's 'Real World,' not flu

— -- Sexy hookups. Tequila shots. And maybe a shot in the arm for a destination brought low by the swine flu.

The 22nd season of MTV's The Real World— premiering Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT — showcases Cancun.

The reality show, which has stirred youthful interest in other destinations including Las Vegas, stars eight young hotties who stay at the hip ME Cancun hotel and play all over town during spring break. It was taped before fears of contracting H1N1 flu made tourists say adios to Mexican bars and beaches. Filming ended in April, before the flu made headlines. (No cast members came down with the disease later, says show spokeswoman Lauren Sammak. )

Meanwhile, the next season of The Real World is starting production in Washington, D.C., this summer and is due to air in 2010. Participants will live in a mansion near Dupont Circle and revel amid "the charged atmosphere of Washington D.C. — the center of our country's social and political change," says MTV programming president Tony DiSanto.

Also frolicking this summer: teen superstar Miley Cyrus, who began filming The Last Song on Georgia's Tybee Island this week. Part of the beach, about 20 miles from Savannah, has been closed to accommodate moviemakers, the Tybee Tourism Council says. Filming is expected to last until mid-August.

Weekend visitors won't glimpse Ms. Hannah Montana on the set. She's a minor and can't work on Saturday and Sunday.