For the first time in five years, Mexico received fewer foreign tourists on summer vacations.
Data from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) indicate that the country attended to 3,643,000 international tourists in July of this year, a decrease of 69,000 (1.9%) in relation to the same month of 2017.
It is the first decline since December 2013, when a fall of 63,000 visitors was reported.
Last week, the head of the Ministry of Tourism (Sectur), Enrique de la Madrid, acknowledged that "the growth of international tourism has fallen since the United States issued its alerts . . .
