While tourism around the world increased by 5 percent during the first quarter of 2011, in Mexico it declined 9 percent compared to last year. Earnings, according to figures released by the central bank, fell by 3.2 percent. The bank did not attempt to explain the decline, but it seems safe to assume that the image of the country as being violent and crime-ridden is to blame.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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