Mexican town of Mahahual sees little economic benefits — but massive environmental cost — from cruise ships
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Mexican town of Mahahual sees little economic benefits — but massive environmental cost — from cruise ships
There are no Mexican cruise ships, yet they make up one of the fastest-growing tourism sectors in the country. Nor are many of their passengers Mexican, either: the typical tourist who buys tickets for such voyages is an adult from Western countries, Japan or China, between 45 and 70 years old. And despite promised nationwide windfalls, the reality is that the global cruise holding companies, which have designed the ships to be floating cities u…
Redacción / Grupo Cantón Specialists warn that cruise tourism in the Mexican Caribbean concentrates profits on few shipping companies, while destinations like Mahahual face lags in Cancun infrastructure.- The cruise market is one of the most important for Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean; however, the economic spill that it generates is not reflected [...] The post Mahahual and the cruise business: an oligopoly that does not leave spill local ap…
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