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Foreign visitors to U.S. hit record in 1981 as Mexicans spend most
Commerce Department reports 23.1 million foreigners visited the United States in 1981, up 3 percent from 1980, while 23 million Americans traveled abroad. Mexico sent 3.8 million visitors, a 19 percent rise, and spent about 3.8 billion in the U.S., boosted by border shopping amid price gaps with Mexico.
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