Resorts and hotels in Cancun are busier than ever. Now, they are also facing staffing challenges in providing excellent service to guests visiting the Mexican Caribbean vacation hotspot. In fact, reports are showing that three in ten workers in the beach resort destination are constantly on the move looking for more wages for their work. …
Playa Del Carmen
For the last several years, the amount of sargassum arriving on the beaches of the Mexican Caribbean seems to have peaked. Now this year, according to the Secretary of the Environment of Solidarity, it is arriving in lesser quantities than over the last few years. Still, the seaweed has washed up in large amounts, but …
One of the most popular tourist attractions in the Mexican Caribbean was presented a high honor recently for its efforts to protect and preserve the cultural heritage in this region of Mexico. The award honored Grupo Xcaret, the holding company for the popular Xcaret park in the Mexican Caribbean, was presented to architect Miguel Quintana …
Travelers to Playa del Carmen are fed up and have simply had enough. Enough issues with the high levels of sargassum on the beach and in the waters that is. They recently have taken to social media to express their displeasure with the amount of the stinky brown seaweed hanging around the water and on …
In 2024, Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean are more popular among American travelers as evidenced by a new report from the Ministry of Tourism that shows that the sunny region is on track for another record-breaking year for travel. A classic for millions of Americans, Cancun shows no signs of losing its grip as the …
With peak sargassum season right around the corner, hotels in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean have started staffing up to ensure that tourists to the area enjoy relatively clean beaches during their beach resort vacation getaway. Resorts Attack Sargassum Sargassum, the smelly brown macroalgae that washes up on the shores and beaches of the Mexican …
The official launching of the Playa del Carmen to Tulum Maya Train route will be postponed by at least several weeks, according to a new update by Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The Fifth Section South portion of the state-of-the-art railway system is expected to play a key role in bolstering travel numbers between …
Resort hotspots across the Mexican Caribbean are deploying a record number of sargassum barriers this spring amid forecasts suggesting more seaweed could hit the region this summer. Not only is sargassum an eyesore for travelers in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean, but it also emits an unpleasant odor after washing up on shore. But with …
Officials in the Mexican Caribbean have increased the sargassum alert level for the very first time this year. The alert level was raised from level one to level two in the beach resort vacation getaway to warn travelers that their fun in the sun, sand, and surf in the Mexican Caribbean will soon be impacted …
After enjoying pristine beach conditions for several months in a row, sargassum levels are finally starting to grow across Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean, with new reports showing that up to 300 tons of the smelly seaweed could hit Playa del Carmen daily. Sargassum typically appears on the Mexican Caribbean coastline during spring, gradually increasing …