Huge Initiative Underway To Help Save The Easter Holiday Period As many as 26 ships have been commissioned to deal with the sargassum problem in Cancun and Quintana Roo. This year is set to be one of the worst years on record for the unsightly seaweed. The huge influx of sargassum fighting ships has been …
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Island Welcomes Force Back For First Time In Several Years Isla Mujeres has announced that it has reinstated its Tourist Police Force for the Easter period. It’s the first time the island has had a specific police force for tourism in several years. The popular island welcomed the force, named the Tourist Auxiliary Police, in …
Strong First Quarter Shows Popularity Of Beach Resort Town Cancun Airport started the year in phenomenal fashion by welcoming 7 million airline passengers to Quintana Roo in the first quarter of 2022. The numbers mark a huge resurgence in the travel industry and have outpaced figures from before COVID. According to the figures, the region …
Tragic End For Month-Long Search For His Body DNA tests have confirmed that human remains found on the beaches of Cancun are that of Francisco Luis Alberto Talavera, the Paraguayan tourist who went missing last month. The month-long search ended this week. The tragic end was expected after over a month of fruitless searches. Talavera’s …
The Forms Have Been Met With Some Discomfort Among Tourists Hotels in Cancun and the rest of Quintana Roo are now requiring guests to sign a form upon check-in, acknowledging that they are aware of Mexico’s drug laws and the punishment that awaits any who breaks them. The form is part of a new government …
Huge Influx Of Military Set To Safeguard Cancun Over The Busy Easter Period More than 6000 soldiers will be stationed in Cancun and around Quintana Roo to help secure the large influx of tourists over Easter. The figure has more than tripled since the troops were first stationed in the region. Cancun and the rest …
Quintana Roo Governor Pleads With Local Businesses To Treat 1.2 Million Easter Visitors Well The Governor of Quintana Roo has called upon every citizen in Quintana Roo to help ensure that the massive surge of visitors is well looked after over the Easter Period. In particular, he ask that visitors are treated with hospitality, receive …
Feature Piece In Major Publication Highlights The Organized Crime Facing Quintana Roo The Wall Street Journal released a feature article this week documenting Quintana Roo’s increasing gang violence and its effect on the tourism industry. The major publication reaches millions of readers every week, adding to Cancun’s public image problem. The article (subscription only), written by Jose de Cordoba …
The Massive Initiative To Help Easter Run Smoothly Covers Every Aspect Of Tourist And Local Life The Government of Quintana Roo is preparing a massive initiative involving over 3 thousand individual units to help secure the tourist experience over the Easter period. The program covers health, public transport, infrastructure, and security. With hundreds of thousands …
Easter Week Should See Records Broken Amid Huge Influx Of Tourists Cancun International Airport is approaching record numbers once again, as it provides service for more than forty different airlines. Easter should see the operational figures broken with the influx of over one million tourists from around the world. The airport is enjoying a massive …