Tourism in Cancun faces challenges as the Cancun sargassum arrival brings tons of seaweed ashore, but authorities ramp up cleanup with barriers, machinery and 7,500 meters of booms to keep prime beaches clear.
Despite a record influx of sargassum, local officials and private operators in Cancun are intensifying cleanup operations to preserve the city’s beach appeal ahead of peak summer tourism. The municipal government of Benito Juárez and the Mexican Navy have deployed tractors, backhoes, 14-cubic-meter dump trucks, and specialized rakes, while installing 7,500 meters of sargassum . . .
