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Mexico to reject Royal Caribbean 'Perfect Day' project, minister says
- 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…
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Royal Caribbean lamented that the Semarnat refuses to approve its Perfect Day tourism project, “but we respect Mexico’s environmental authorities.”
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The environmental authority will deny permissions to Royal Caribbean’s ‘Perfect Day’ project.
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