Puerto Morelos welcomes Trova Music Festival
On November 7 and 8, Puerto Morelos played host to Trova Fest, La Trova y El Mar, a music festival celebrating the mellow sounds of traditional and contemporary Mexican guitar ballads. Evening concerts took place on the waterfront.
Puerto Morelos to become Municipal District
Puerto Morelos becomes the 11th municipio or municipality in Quintana Roo. The motion was approved by the Quintana Roo State Congress and the first Municipal Council will start work on January 6, 2016.
Puerto Morelos was formerly part of the…
2015 OHL Golf Classic at MayaKoba
Several former U.S. Open and British Open champions have already confirmed that they will be competing in the 2015 OHL Golf Classic at MayaKoba, the Riviera Maya’s prestigious tournament and Mexico’s only PGA event. The tournament runs from…
Record-breaking Turtle Season at Xcacel-Xcacelito Turtle Sanctuary
The best nesting season ever, a record-breaking year is how biologists have rated the summer of 2015 at the Xcacel-Xcacelito Turtle Sanctuary in the Riviera Maya. More than 4,700 green and loggerhead turtles laid 376,000 precious eggs along…
Bridge over Bojorquez Lagoon in Cancun to Go Ahead in 2016
FONATUR, the government agency that manages the landscaping and upkeep of Cancun, has announced the building of a bridge in the Hotel Zone to reduce traffic congestion in the Punta Cancun area. The bridge will span Bojorquez Lagoon, which is…
Cancun visitor numbers up on 2014
The latest Cancun Hotel Association tourism figures for the period January – August 2015 show that Cancun has welcomed 3,714,599 visitors to date, 7.2 percent up on the same period in 2014. The forecast is that it will finish the year with…
Expansion of Cozumel’s Cruise Port
The most visited cruise ship destination in the Caribbean, Cozumel received an additional boost with the expansion of Puerta Maya, one of the island’s three cruise ship terminals.
Carnival Corporation has added a third berth to its pier at…
Playa del Carmen to follow Cancun with a recycling plant
The Solidaridad municipal district will soon have its own garbage recycling plant to process waste generated in Playa del Carmen and surrounding areas. An area next to the city landfill is being prepared for the plant, which will recycle 30…
