NUEVO NAYARIT, Mexico (Border Report) -- Tourism from the United States to Mexico has slowed down this year and is not meeting expectations due to a number of reasons including travel warnings and advisories posted by the U.S. State Department, according to the Mexican Tourism Board.

In places such as Cancun and the Yucatán Peninsula, hotel stays are said to be down by as much as 56 percent.

On the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico, at Nuevo Nayarit resorts, vendors seem to outnumber tourists on the beaches.

During a visit last week to the area, Border Report saw very few people walking on the sand, with hundreds of beach chairs and palapas empty.

At the Único Hotel, the pool area was wide open with fewer than two dozen people sunbathing or gathering at swim up bars.

The hotel said the pro

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