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 …
Protest
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 …