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A massive cruise ship towers over a dock in Cozumel, Mexico while passengers cue to board

Cozumel island to welcome nearly 120,000 cruise passengers in the first...

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The record visitation numbers reaffirm Cozumel's place as a leading Caribbean destination, the governor said.
Cancún will soon launch a program at the International Airport (AIC) to improve transportation, mobility and the traveler's experience

Tourism officials move to end airport taxi abuses at Cancún International

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State tourism authorities announced they are working to reduce taxi fares to the hotel zone and improve traveler mobility in Cancún.
The Aktun Chen cave system is around 5 million years old

National Geographic’s top rated Riviera Maya underground walk

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In the heart of a five million year old cavern system, echoes of Maya spirits still vibrate among stalactites.
Sea turtle hatchlings on a beach

Cancún releases nearly 1 million sea turtle hatchlings to the ocean

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Benito Juárez municipality described Cancún's 2024 hatching season as a success, with a 97% survival rate.
Two trains at a Maya Train station

Four years and 1,554 kilometers later, the Maya Train is complete

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The US $20-billion railroad is now fully functional, but ridership lags at 20% of the target.
The first flight to connect Germany with #Tulum, the heart of the Maya Zone, arrives.

Tulum International Airport expands connectivity with flights to Colombia and Germany

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Another set of new routes to Canada will begin operating next week.
A Volaris airplane

Volaris inaugurates daily GDL-Tulum flight

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Volaris now operates domestic flights to Tulum from Mexicali, Tijuana, Monterrey, Mexico City and Guadalajara.
Jaguar in wooded area

Quintana Roo to build 21 wildlife crossings near Maya Train and highways

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The government said it will begin building the crossings before the end of 2024. Environmental activists say they won't protect wildlife.  
Portrait of a Mexican jaguar.

Activists sound alarm over removal of wildlife from around Maya Train

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The activist group Sélvame del Tren is warning about the practices of a company hired to do species management around the tourist train's tracks.
A man wearing a Guayabera

A master artisan on why a guayabera makes for ‘an investment of a lifetime’

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Handcrafted in the Yucatán Peninsula, nothing screams "Mexican fashion icon" quite like the traditional dress shirts.
The new measure that the federal government intends to adopt to increase the income that will be used to subsidize the transportation projects placed in the hands of the Ministry of Defense.

Mexico to impose new immigration fee on cruise ship passengers

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Cruise and tourism associations expressed concern over the proposed tax, claiming it will make Mexican ports among the most expensive in the world.
People at Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport in Tulum, Quintana Roo.

Tulum airport exceeds passenger projections in first year

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Tulum's Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport has seen more than 1,074,000 passengers and 8,500 air operations since Dec. 1, 2023.
A starfish in a christmas hat

What’s on in the Riviera Maya in December? 

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Across the length of the Yucatán peninsula, there's plenty of activities to enjoy this December.