The Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel to flu-hit Mexico on Tuesday as holiday firms started cancelling flights and made plans to repatriate British tourists.
A honeymooning Scottish couple who recently returned from Cancun, one of the country's biggest beach resorts, have became the first in Britain to test positive for swine flu.
On its website, the Foreign Office also said routine consular and all visa services at its embassy in Mexico City had been suspended until further notice.
"British nationals resident in or visiting Mexico may wish to consider whether they should remain in Mexico at this time," it said.
Travel firms Thomson Holidays and First Choice said they had decided to repatriate their customers from Mexico and to cancel flights bound for Cancun from Gatwick and Manchester on Tuesday.
Thomas Cook said it was cancelling all flights to Mexico until May 5, but British Airways said it would continue to operate its services.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would take part in a meeting of the government's COBRA emergency committee on Tuesday chaired by Health Secretary Alan Johnson.
"We have been preparing for this kind of scenario for many years. Britain is among the best prepared countries in the world," he told a news conference during a visit to Poland
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