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Foro Cuarentena - local music via zoom - Playa del Carmen

“Foro Cuarentena” Showcases Local Artists During Lockdown

The Initiative Foro Cuarentena showcases local artists for the third time this year. In this project, musicians and dance companies give a show to digital audiences, with the aim of fundraising local artists affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The last show occurred on November the 1st, organized by the dance companies Coppelia’s Ballet, FUGAM Danza, […]

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Palacio Municipal - Cry of Dolores

What happens this year with the “Grito”? The Cry of Dolores 2020 in Playa del Carmen

Every year on September 15th, the Government holds a “Cry of Dolores” in the main square of the town, to celebrate the Independence of Mexico from Spain. On a national level, the President of the Republic holds the main cry at the Plaza del Zócalo in Ciudad de México. Apart from that, multitude of cries

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Resorts Protect people from COVID-19 Grand Velas Riviera Maya

Here is how Resorts in the Riviera Maya protect people from COVID-19

Fear not! If you come to Playa del Carmen, Hotels and Resorts can assure you they are keeping a high standard of measures of safety and hygiene, to protect its guests and workers to the maximum. From thermographic screenings at the airport, to onsite medical services at Hotels, they are preparing everything to give you

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Playa del Carmen Theater - teatro

Playa del Carmen theater reopens. First show is free to attend.

After closing 6 months for the Pandemic, Playa del Carmen’s Theater reopens its doors on Sunday 30th August. For this first show, up to 50 families of 4 members max will be able to attend, following measures of New Normalcy. The Director of the Culture Insitute, Luis Ernesto López Vargas, invited the citizens to download

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Isla Mujeres, Cozumel and Chetumal to continue orange but with some restrictions put back into place

Cozumel and Isla Mujeres in the north, and the state capital city of Chetumal in the south, are the three municipalities that will have some restrictions put back into place. Rather than being rolled back to a red epidemiological light, they will have mobility restrictions to help curb the rate of infections. The announcement was

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Travel advisors share experiences from Cancun, Riviera Maya amid COVID-19

One of the most valuable perks of working with a trusted travel advisor is getting firsthand knowledge of the destination you’ll be visiting. Travel advisors Paul and Sally Jane Smith of TravelSmiths recently traveled to Cancun and Mexico’s Riviera Maya region to experience the recently reopened destination for themselves and subsequently shared their experience on the latest edition of the

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Riviera Maya Hotel Association says reactivation has started favorably

The Riviera Maya Hotel Association (AHRM) announced that the reopening of Riviera Maya has started favorably with the operation of 19 hotels. The Asociación de Hoteles de la Riviera Maya (AHRM) announced that they anticipate reaching up to 25 percent occupancy for the upcoming summer months with the arrival of tourists from Mexico the United

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Panorama of Xcaret park.

Xcaret receives its first visitors and guests with an emotional ceremony

With 450 visitors in the ecotourism park and almost 10% occupancy at the Hotel, Grupo Xcaret reopened its doors on June 15 after almost 3 months of pause due to the worldwide contingency for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (Covid-19) . In a statement, the Quintana Roo consortium explained that it prepared an agenda of activities to

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An aerial drone photo of Playacar, Playa del Carmen

Playa del Carmen mayor says in first 2 weeks, more than 45,000 people back to work

The head of Solidaridad, Laura Beristain Navarrete says that in the first two weeks of reopening, more than 45,000 people have gone back to work. She says that with the orange epidemiological traffic light in Playa del Carmen and Puerto Aventuras, at least 45 percent of businesses in the municipality have been reactivated and that

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Cancun, Riviera Maya remain orange, while southern region continues in red

Governor Carlos Joaquín has updated the current coronavirus situation in the state, noting that for the upcoming week, the two traffic light colors of orange for the north and red for the south will remain. He says the epidemiological traffic light for the southern zone, which includes the municipalities of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, José María

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