Mexico to reject Royal Caribbean 'Perfect Day' project, minister says
Environmental groups said the plan would have brought up to 21,000 visitors a day and threatened mangroves, reefs and a fragile aquifer.
- On Tuesday, Mexico's secretary of environment and natural resources, Alicia Bárcena, announced that SEMARNAT will not approve Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day Mexico project, halting the development to protect Mahahual's ecological balance.
- A Change.org petition nearing 4.8 million signatures fueled sustained public pressure against the project, which threatened Mahahual—a village of roughly 3,000 residents home to sensitive mangroves and the world's second-largest barrier reef.
- Royal Caribbean had planned a more-than-200-acre destination featuring 30 waterslides and capacity for 21,000 daily visitors, after spending $292 million to purchase the Port of Costa Maya with $529 million earmarked for construction.
- Wednesday trading saw Royal Caribbean's stock slide to a 52-week low of $232.10, though a company spokesperson told Cruise Week the cruise line was "disappointed" but respected Mexico's environmental authorities' role.
- Greenpeace Mexico hailed the halt as a "victory for citizens," while Royal Caribbean continues expanding its Icon class with four more ships, stating it remains optimistic about future investment opportunities in Mexico.
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Environmental groups celebrate cancellation of Royal Caribbean’s ‘Perfect Day Mexico’
Mexico’s Environment Ministry has killed Royal Caribbean’s Perfect Day Mexico megaproject in Mahahual, Quintana Roo, ending a plan that environmental groups said would have scarred mangroves, reefs and the region’s fragile aquifer. Greenpeace and other advocates are hailing the decision as a victory for public pressure and a model for tougher coastal protection. The cancellation late Tuesday came one day after President Claudia Sheinbaum ordered…
The environmental authority will deny permissions to Royal Caribbean’s ‘Perfect Day’ project.
Environmentalists and civilian population opposed the project because of the environmental impact it would have in the area
The Semarnat neg authorizes the 'Perfect Day' tourist megaproject, planned to be built in Mahahual, Quintana Roo.
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