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In the late 60s, the Mexican Government conducted research in search of the best location for the construction of a hotel complex that would begin to generate income in foreign currency. The territory of Isla Cancun met all the standards, and in 1971 the city of Cancun was founded with a loan of $27 million taken by the Central Bank of Mexico from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Bridges were built to connect both ends of the sand spit with the mainland, a road was built in the middle, a workers' village was built on the main territory, and the first hotel was built in 1972.
Currently, Cancun has a permanent population of approximately 700,000 residents and accounts for a quarter of all tourism revenues coming into Mexico. There are over 25,000 hotel rooms in Cancun. Cancun often reminds tourists of Miami Beach. The streets and boulevards are perfectly paved and planted with tropical plants. At night the city is well lit, neon advertising is visible everywhere. The high tourist season for Cancun runs from December to April. At this time, prices for hotels and air tickets are significantly higher than in summer and autumn.
The main highway running from north to south through Ciudad Cancun is Avenida Tulum. Kukulcan Boulevard runs east from the city center, skirting Isla Cancun and west from the island to Cancun Airport.
The Cancun hotel area is almost completely built up with all-inclusive hotels; there are always a lot of tourists here, mainly from North America, Europe and other cities in Mexico. Most local residents live in the downtown area: living here is usually cheaper than in the hotel area. There are many good restaurants here, for example La Parrilla, Los Pericos, Los Arcos, El Timtnhehdon de Cancun, Va que Va; and prices here are much lower than in the hotel area. There are shopping centers (Plaza Las Americas, Plaza la Isla in Hotel Zone, Plaza Outlet), bars, markets and clubs (Cocobongo, Dady'O, Palazzo, Mandala); their number is constantly growing.
Cozumel
Cozumel
Cozumel, a 40-kilometer island located just off the coast of Playa del Carmen, is known as a port for cruise ships: almost every day, up to ten ships, each carrying several thousand passengers, dock at one of the three islands. special piers, all south of the only city, San Miguel. But Cozumel's other main attraction provides the perfect escape from the crowds: the reefs that dazzled Jacques Cousteau in the early 1960s are some of the best in the hemisphere. Even if you don't dive, there's a certain appeal to strolling through San Miguel's tranquil hinterland, away from the piers, seeing Mayan ruins and birdlife (the Mayans called the island cuzamil, "land of swallows") in the dense bush. forests and being the only person on the windswept eastern beaches.
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