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Snorkelling Cenotes – but can they be saved?

Read MexicoReporter.com’s dispatch for CNN Traveler on the Mayan Riviera’s cenotes here.

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Hurricane Dean gathers on the Yucatan Peninsula

This picture, courtesy of Lucy Gallagher from Mexiconservacion, shows Hurrican Dean gathering above Akumal, on the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Click here for more pictures.

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Snorkelling a Cenote in Tulum

The Maya Riviera down on the Caribbean Mexican Coast is home to some of the country’s best kept secrets – cenotes. Cenotes are underwater caves, and there are more than 150 forming part of the network along the Riviera. You can dive or snorkel them, and I had a commission to write a piece for [...]

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Tulum’s dirty beaches

New Correspondent paid a visit to the Sian Ka’an Biosphere reserve in Tulum, Mexico. Lucy Gallagher from Mexiconservacion explained why the Reserve’s beaches are so dirty.

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Mexico’s deteriorating environment

] Water pollution is one of the biggest problems, and the growth of tourism in the area prompts the growth of new settlements due to the new jobs created. The hotels are required to have a water-treatment plant, but the settlements for hotel workers have no such facilities obligations or facilities. The direct impact of [...]

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