José Antonio “N” was arrested after being released from the General Hospital, after being identified as the alleged perpetrator of the crash that left seven people dead in Cancún, Quintana Roo, including a Monterrey family with two minors. According to the State Attorney General’s Office, the man will face charges of negligent homicide after allegedly […]
Cancún: Colosio Boulevard construction criticized due to tourist accidents
A traffic accident on Luis Donaldo Colosio Boulevard in Cancún, which left seven people dead, mostly visitors from the north of the country, and six injured, sparked a wave of criticism regarding the hydraulic concrete paving of Luis Donaldo Colosio Boulevard, Cancún’s main artery. The fatal accident occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 16, […]
Cancun accounts for almost half of all international air tourism arriving in Mexico.
Cancún reaffirms its position as Mexico’s leading tourist destination, according to the Tourism Sector Program published in the Official Gazette of the Federation. The assessment indicates that this tourist destination accounts for 43.8% of international visitor arrivals by air, placing it well ahead of Mexico City (17%), Los Cabos (10.8%), and Puerto Vallarta (8.8%). This […]
In Cancun, drivers are being asked to reduce speed to protect the blue crab crossing.
In Cancún, environmental authorities issued an urgent call to drivers traveling along Kukulcán Boulevard to reduce their speed starting at 6:00 p.m. The measure aims to prevent collisions with blue crabs, a species that crosses the Nichupté Lagoon to the sea each year to complete its spawning process. The natural phenomenon occurs primarily between September […]
Cancun airport handles 20.4 million passengers between January and August of this year.
Cancún International Airport handled 20.4 million passengers between January and August 2025, representing a 3.7% decrease compared to the same period last year, according to the monthly report prepared by Aeropuertos del Sureste (Asur). If this pace continues, the Cancún airport could approach closing the year with 30 million passengers, a figure reached for the […]
Job opportunities in Cancun drop by 70% after the end of the holidays.
At the end of the summer vacation period, job openings in Cancún have dropped by up to 70 percent, primarily in the hotel sector, one of the region’s economic pillars. Ricardo Paredes, organizer of the Student Federation Foundation Job Fair in Benito Juárez, explained that this decline is due to the start of the low […]
Isla Mujeres will have its first demineralization plant
The Isla Mujeres City Council approved in a council meeting the transfer of a property under lease to the Potable Water and Sewerage Commission (CAPA) for the purpose of building the first drinking water demineralization plant in the island area of the municipality. The transfer of the property was led by Mayor Atenea, along with […]
Riviera Maya and Tulum suffer from lower occupancy than Cancun
As the holiday season draws to a close, Quintana Roo reports an average hotel occupancy rate of 63.7 percent across the board, with Cozumel reporting the lowest occupancy rate at 50.2 percent. Quintana Roo, like the rest of the country, is in the last week of summer vacation, as the 2025-2026 school year begins on […]
Sargassum: Cancun has already collected four times what it collected in all of 2024.
In just one week, 663 tons of sargassum have been collected on Cancún’s beaches, mainly in Delfines. So far this year, more than 13,000 tons have been removed, far exceeding what was collected last year, reported Antonio Chambé, director of municipal public services for Benito Juárez. According to the official, almost four times more has […]
Cancun: Authorities operate to identify 200 pirate ships
The Port Authority and Maritime Affairs Unit is preparing operations to identify and detain illegal vessels offering “pirate” nautical services in northern Quintana Roo. Francisco Fernández Millán, president of the Nautical Associations of Quintana Roo (ANQ), explained that they will support the Port Authority in locating the vessels and, if possible, providing the vessel names, […]