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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Bloomberg - Tourists Spent $13.3 Billion in Mexico in 2008

Bloomberg

Tourists Spent $13.3 Billion in Mexico in 2008


By Hugh Collins

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign tourists spent $13.3 billion in Mexico last year, an increase of 3.4 percent compared with 2007.

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Snippet(s):

"Yesterday, the U.S. State Department warned U.S. citizens that gun battles and kidnappings have become more frequent in Mexico, especially in border areas such as Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana. Border tourism increased 11 percent in 2008, the tourism ministry said. "