The entrance to the Chichén Itzá archaeological site will undergo a major change. Visitors will enter through the Visitor Information Center (CATVI) and tour the sacred cenote before reaching the Kukulcán Castle.
Although this change was originally planned to take effect in September, the Yucatán Ministry of Tourism has specified that a date for its implementation has not yet been set.
The CATVI is now complete and includes a museum, INAH offices, a Fonart store, and commercial premises that the Cultural Trust will manage.
In addition, authorities will unify the entrance fee to eliminate the need to process the two separate ticket offices, where the federal and state fees are currently paid.
The head of the agency, Darío Flota Ocampo, acknowledged that one of the main challenges is relocating the artisans working within the site, who will be transferred to the new premises.
“This process requires organization so that the workers maintain their sales and tourism is not affected,” he explained.
“For all of us, after so many years of entering and stumbling upon the castle, the idea of entering first through the cenote and then walking to the main temple seems strange. It’s a different, interesting perspective, which will also require adjusting the guides’ itineraries,” the official stated.
Source: SEFOTUR
