CANCUN — Travelers heading to and from the Cancun Airport on Friday may have faced slowdowns, as a “slow march” protest by the local taxi and transport union temporarily snarled traffic on the main access roads while demonstrating against ride-sharing apps like Uber and DiDi. While the protest was escorted by the National Guard and …
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Cancun saw a tense start to Friday morning, but potential disruption was avoided as a threatened protest at the entrance to the popular Hotel Zone ultimately didn’t take place. There were concerns that a planned blockade could cause major traffic issues and inconvenience tourists and locals. According to communications circulating before the planned event, the …
Travel to the hotel zone in Cancun has been a challenge recently for tourists as a blockade of the main access road, Kukulcán Boulevard, was in effect by the activist group Madres Buscadoras de Quintana Roo. The protest started on Tuesday, May 28 and after 18 hours, they finally released one of the blocked lanes …
Authorities in Cancun are to introduce new measures to prevent protesters from shutting down streets and affecting the city’s tightly packed hotel zone. The announcement was made after a protest last week left many tourists stranded and unable to catch their flights, causing economic losses for hotels and airlines. Cancun’s hotel zone is home to …