Trump’s travel crackdown has a winner: Mexican tourism
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A crowd filling the historic centre of Mexico City for a FIFA fan festival during a match between Mexico and South Africa on June 11.
PHOTO: CESAR RODRIGUEZ/NYTIMES
James Wagner
MEXICO CITY – The top five most-visited countries in the world are, by several measures: France, Spain, the United States, Italy and Turkey.
The country in sixth place, Mexico, is already a steadily growing tourism powerhouse. Now, it is hoping that soccer – and a bit of the Trump effect – could help it crack that elite group.
