Tag: Riviera Maya

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Violence on the rise on Mexico's Caribbean beaches

  

  Two Canadian tourists and one Argentine hotel manager have been found murdered in less than a week, in Mexico's Riviera Maya area. These events have once again put the spotlight on violence in this region full of beach resorts.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Sargassum killing Mexico and Caribbean beaches and tourism industry

  

  Tourists looking for sun and sand in Mexican resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum have been disgusted by foul-smelling mounds of sargassum – a seaweed-like algae – piling up on beaches and turning turquoise waters brown, and experts are warning that it may be the new normal.