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You realize that's focused in areas of the country which are no where near the Mexican beach resorts?
I certainly do. However, despite limited killings at Pacific beach resort towns due to drug violence, it is the image of the nation that apparently drives tourist intentions.
"The fall in foreign tourists in Cancun is certainly noticeable. Mexico's bad image abroad means tourists, mostly the Americans, are not coming as much," said Roberto Diaz, a leader of Cancun's pleasure boat captains that ferry fishermen, divers and snorkelers to nearby islands in the Caribbean.
Drug violence scares off tourists to Mexico