Tag: Beaches
Expats explode after video shows a foreigner’s rage against neighbor
Video of a resident trying to burn down a neighbor's palapa has set off a social media firestorm. And for the expat community in...
New law: Mexico beaches aren’t private property
Following several dustups over property owners blocking others from "their" beaches, a new law enacted Wednesday allows full public access to every beach in...
Yucatan won’t budge over alcohol sales at the beach
Progreso, Yucatan — With the summer holiday season underway, the state government has refused to loosen restrictions on Sunday alcohol sales on the...
Puerto Morelos tries to trap sargassum, which nearly drowns a tourist
Thousands of feet of plastic barriers prevent tons of sargassum from reaching the beach.
Every possible solution to the sargassum crisis has an environmental downside
Collecting the seaweed-like algae at sea or on land risks fish and turtles.
Sargassum crisis could wash away tourist income by 30%
The sargassum crisis could cost the Riviera Maya up to 30 percent of its tourist trade, according to a presidential commission.
After Yucatan confrontation, national law advances to punish beach bullies
With 406 votes in favor, 7 against and 20 abstentions, the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday approved a measure to punish anyone who blocks...
Tide recedes 100 meters, alarming early-risers at Progreso
The so-called vaciante marina, bringing the tideline far from its normal point, roused the curiosity and even fear among the public.
Profepa stops hotel from building on sea turtle nesting site
Environmental authorities have denied permits for a proposed hotel near one of Mexico's most important sea turtle nesting beaches on the Yucatán's Caribbean shore.
Sargassum torments beachgoers far beyond Riviera Maya
Sargassum, which has hit not only the Peninsula's Caribbean coast but also beaches from Texas to the Carolinas, is worse than ever this year.
Bella Hadid amuses fans during Tulum fashion shoot
Model Bella Hadid's visit to the beaches of Tulum was a work assignment, but she appeared to be having lots of fun.
Sargassum, bane of Yucatán’s beaches, could be useful on the farm
Sargassum, a nutrient-rich algae which commonly washes up on Yucatán Peninsula's beaches, may serve as an environmentally friendly fertilizer alternative.
153 sea turtle eggs rescued from busy Progreso beach
Rescuers recovered 153 hawksbill eggs that nested on a beach much too busy for baby sea turtles.
Gulf waters in good condition as health authorities monitor for ‘red...
Yucatán's beaches are ready for Easter-week vacationers as health authorities test the Gulf waters for algae that causes a repellent "red tide."
Help for eroding beaches will have to wait for next administration
Shrinking beaches have put 1,300 properties in danger, but Yucatán's beach rescue program is out of money, said a state official.
Erosion shrinks beaches, threatens homes
At kilometer 32 along the Chicxulub-Telchac Puerto highway, some 15 meters of beach have been lost to erosion, which now threatens several summer properties.
Mérida and Progreso combine efforts to lure more tourists
Mérida lacks beaches, and Progreso has them. Now, the two cities are collaborating to promote tourism between both municipalities.
Investors in Chuburná plan luxury entertainment project
A group of Yucatecan entrepreneurs is looking to build a luxury destination here for cruise ship passengers looking for a new excursion.
Banner day for visitors, merchants at the beach
An estimated 30,000 local, national and international tourists descended on Progreso's malecon on Sunday, lured by beautiful weather.
Nesting sea turtles to face Easter-week crowds
Sea turtle nesting and Easter week coincides this year, which is worrying to anyone concerned about the fragile sea turtle population.
Fishermen blame oil rigs for whale death
Biologists and biology students will perform an autopsy on the fin whale found in Progreso, but fishermen who found it have their own theory.
Stranded whale towed ashore
Apparently for the first time in Yucatán's recorded history, a huge whale more than 5 meters long washed ashore in Progreso.
Beach rescue reaches Chicxulub
A program to combat beach erosion now reaches from Chicxulub to Uaymitún, some of the beaches most affected by the loss of sand.