The pandemic is now in a much better phase than we saw a few years ago when it all started in 2020. Then, we saw closed airports and lockdowns that never seemed to come to an end. Now, two years later, vaccines are widely available, and travel is again booming.  Although the virus is not …

While many visitors to the city come from the United States, Europeans love the Mexican Caribbean too, and for those interested in visiting, there are 20 European destinations that have nonstop flights to Cancun.  During the summer months, the Riviera Maya area is expecting a huge influx of tourists from countries in Europe, and with …

Lingering Pandemic Shortages Continue To Cause Problems For Establishments Continuing staff shortages are causing significant problems for restaurants and hotels in the Cancun and wider Quintana Roo region. Several restaurants have had to postpone their opening until sufficient numbers of personnel have been acquired. According to the President of the National Chamber of the Restaurant …

Most Recent Closure Is A Popular Barbecue Restaurant Fearing For Its Workers and Customers Another Cancun establishment is closing its doors definitively in the face of increasing waves of violence spreading across Quintana Roo. Multiple have ceased operations temporarily or permanently in the past months. Barbacoa Comalcalco, a popular barbecue restaurant in the Downtown Cancun …

Armed robbers caused panic this week at the construction site of the new Hard Rock Hotel in Cancun when they forced their way into the hotel premises and fired gunshots at construction workers. Although no injuries were reported, the new hotel has seen several incidents of armed robbery in the past weeks, causing concern among …

A swiss based agency called m1nd-set just released an analysis of airline traffic numbers worldwide, comparing the first quarter of 2019 with the same period of 2022, and the Cancun Airport numbers are impressive. This analysis was centered around recovery rates from pre-pandemic levels. Those numbers and statistics show which countries and airports changed more …

All recent numbers seem to indicate that Mexico is experiencing the 5th wave of COVID-19. On May 11th, the seven-day moving average of cases in the country was around 727. A little more than one and a half months later, this number skyrocketed to 12,589. It is already very close to the mark of the …

Strong European Tourism As Spanish Abandon Their Own Beaches For The Mexican Caribbean New data suggests that Spain is the biggest European market for Cancun, pulling in close to one hundred thousand tourists a year. The news comes as new flights were just added between Barcelona and Cancun. Spain was already emerging as the main …

Cancun airport is busy enough already, with plenty of chaos due to the number of incoming and outgoing flights every day, and recently a passenger added to that chaotic atmosphere when she was arrested for bringing a gun in her luggage.  The American woman was caught carrying a 9-millimeter handgun and a stocked magazine filled …

This week, the Sargassum Monitoring Network Organisation found 44 beaches in the state of Quintana Roo to have a low level of seaweed pollution, otherwise known as sargassum. Of these 44 beaches, 7 are in the Caribbean paradise of Cancun. This is excellent news for summer tourists, as the beaches are in close proximity to …