The United States has been asked by officials in Mexico to make their travel advisories more specific about where crimes are committed in relation to tourists.
In a press release last week, Mexico's tourism ministry said it has urged the United States to adjust its travel warnings to several Mexican states in order to "detail the areas that could represent problems and not generalize."
The United States has posted advisories for citizens not to travel to Mexican states due to crime and kidnapping. The city of Acapulco is popular with tourists.
Baja California, which is home to the well-known resort town of Cabo San Lucas, is one of seven states the State Department has told Americans to rethink travel to.
Multiple people were killed when drug traffickers attacked a police station in Mexico.
According to the press release, the United States is open to tweaking the guidance in order to boost tourism to Mexico.
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The State Department reviews all of its advisories on a regular basis to give U.S. citizens the most relevant and timely information, according to a State Department spokesman.
The analysis is not concerned with political or economic considerations.
Nine people are dead in a gang-ridden area of Mexico.
Mexico's large geographic area makes it more practical to give state-specific warnings as one region may be more dangerous than another.
The arrival of American tourists by air made up over 70% of the total arrivals in Mexico in 2011.
According to Mexico News Daily, the country never agreed with the alert because they are made solely by the US.
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