Half of the cyber fraud cases related to the purchase of vacation packages detected nationwide occur in Quintana Roo, according to Eduardo Paniagua, an advisor from the Mexican Association of Travel Agencies (AMAV). Paniagua expressed concern that insufficient action is being taken to combat this crime. In 2019, the national average was 250 cyber fraud […]
Cancun: alarm due to a collapse in the arrival of American tourists
The decline in international traveler arrivals at Cancún Airport reached 13.8% in July compared to the same month in 2023, particularly among American tourists. However, Tulum Airport has gained momentum, welcoming over 210,000 international passengers in the first half of the year. Hoteliers attribute this decline to various factors. One reason is “American fatigue,” as […]
Tulum Airport: Bacalar Tourists Prefer It Due to Tren Maya Works
Tourists visiting Bacalar have started using Tulum International Airport to mitigate the bottleneck effects caused by heavy vehicular traffic entering and leaving the state capital, Chetumal, stated Hiram Gómez, director of Tourism for the municipality of Bacalar. For the past couple of months, the Tren Maya construction has caused many inconveniences for citizens, businesses, and […]
Low Influx of Visitors to the Archaeological Zone of Tulum
Although Tulum’s archaeological site ranks among the top five most visited in Mexico, it experienced a 23.6% decline in visitors during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year. In 2023, Tulum received 765,510 visitors, but this year, that number dropped to 585,078. These figures are according to a report […]
The widespread blackout caused chaos in Cancún and Playa del Carmen.
The power outage led to everything from traffic light failures throughout the city to over an hour of disruption in mobile phone and internet services. According to a brief statement from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), at 4:13 PM, there was an interruption in the power supply in the Cancún and Riviera Maya area due […]
More than 400 thousand passengers have arrived in Tulum from January to June
The Tulum International Airport, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, continues to grow and is on track to reach 1.4 million passengers by the end of 2024, since according to the Tourism Secretariat of the state of Quintana Roo, from January to June 443,787 tourists were counted, not counting July, the high summer season. The data reveal that […]
Coastal real estate projects in Tulum are moving forward without any federal permit
In the last 17 months, Semarnat has authorized a total of 19 projects in Quintana Roo, mainly in the tourist municipalities of the northern part of the state. And despite the great real estate interest in Tulum, there is none legally permitted in that municipality. The group Defending the Right to a Healthy Environment, A.C. […]
A scandal involving properties has implicated Manuel Bartlett and his family in Quintana Roo
The director of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Manuel Bartlett Díaz, and his family have once again been linked to the acquisition of large and valuable real estate properties, leveraging their positions of power. According to Proceso magazine, Bartlett’s partner, Julia Abdalá Lemus, and their son, León Manuel Bartlett Álvarez, have taken possession of land […]
VIDEO: Official from Quintana Roo Was Involved in a Fight Outside a Nightclub; He’s Been Suspended
A Quintana Roo official, identified as Manuel Bermúdez Montufa, was involved in a brawl outside a nightclub in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco. A video circulating on social media shows the public servant and his companions kicking a person, dressed in black, who is lying on the ground. The incident reportedly occurred last Saturday […]
In Quintana Roo, 50% of dengue cases are severe
During 2024, Quintana Roo has reported 848 cases of dengue, raising concerns about the progression of symptoms in those affected. So far this year, 848 people have fallen ill, prompting doctors to advise against self-medication. According to the Dengue Epidemiological Overview issued by the federal Secretariat of Health, out of these cases, 462 exhibited warning […]