Friday, September 07, 2007

 

Cancun, Mexico, Lodging Accommodations

Cancun is a coastal city in Mexico`s easternmost state, Quintana Roo. It is the municipal seat of Benito Juárez municipality and a world renowned tourist resort.

The average temperature in Cancún is 27° C (80° F) with more than 240 days of sunshine, and rain is rare, with late August through early October being the rainy season. The beaches are almost 100 percent limestone; the porous quality of the limestone makes for cool sand even under the intense tropical sun. Cancún is divided into two parts: The narrow 23-kilometer-long (14-mile) island section (Cancún Island) is lined with modern beachfront hotels surrounded by the Bahía de Mujeres (Bay of Women), the Caribbean Sea, and the Nichupte and Bojorquez lagoons. The mainland downtown commercial section (Cancún City), connected to the island by two bridges, has broad avenues lined with whitewashed shops, restaurants, and hotels.

In Cancún there are about 140 hotels with 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants. Four million visitors arrive each year in an average of 190 flights daily. The hotel zone is one of the most exclusive internationally, with upmarket restaurants, bars, and the like which have catered for quite a number of the rich and famous. The hotel zone tends to be rather expensive as it is aimed at visitors and relies on the all inclusive hotels to keep them all in this area allowing prices to soar. Downtown is home to less expensive places to shop like Walmart, Comercial Mexicana and Soriana, not to mention several flea markets like the one in the hotel zone.

Around March and April, Cancún experiences a flood of college students (usually from the United States) who travel to Cancún to party. For just about all of these students, drinking alcohol is usually the reason why they come to Cancún. The drinking age in Mexico is 18; while in the United States, it is 21.

Downtown Cancún gives us a different aspect. There are also many clubs for all types of people, including gay clubs like Karamba or Glow, but the hotels are more accessible to all types of travelers, including some with lower rates.

The temperature of the city is warm, moderated by the marine breeze which circulates through its avenues. The temperatures are typically between 26°C and 36°C (78.8°F and 96.8°F).

Cancún`s hotel zone also has an interactive aquarium where visitors can see the marine diversity of the area, swim with dolphins and feed sharks. Here and there in the hotel zone are some ancient ruins.

The main language in Cancún is Spanish, although English is widely spoken throughout the tourist areas. Mayan dialects are also spoken between some workers and people born in the Yucatán peninsula. Cancún is served by Cancún International Airport.


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Celaya, Mexico, Lodging Accommodations

Celaya is a city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. It is the third most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 416,078 in 2006.

Celaya is famous for the production of cajeta. There are many smaller towns around Celaya including Rincón De Tamayo, Tarimoro, Salvatierra, La Moncada, Panales Jamaica (Cañones), Panales Galera, La Calera, La Estancia, La Noria, La Acebuche, Cacalote, and Charco Largo.

The Battle of Celaya in 1915 was a turning point in the Mexican Revolution. Celaya was also the capital of the state of Guanajuato for a short period.


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Chetumal, Mexico, Lodging Accommodations

Chetumal is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It is the capital of the state of Quintana Roo. In 2000 it had a population of 238,520 people.

The city is situated on the western side of Chetumal Bay, near the mouth of the Rio Hondo. Chetumal is an important port for the region, and operates as Mexico`s main trading gateway with the neighboring country of Belize. Goods are transported via a road connecting Chetumal with Belize City to the south, and also via coastal merchant ships.

Chetumal is a small growing city with an International Airport. The city has a Museum of Maya Culture as well as a zoo.

Chetumal`s economy has been influenced by its proximity to the Mexico-Belize border. A goods and services tax-free zone (Corozal Free Zone) established on the Belizean side attracts many visitors to Chetumal, and also provides a ready market for Chetumal`s retailers and traders. Chetumal itself was also once a Free Zone, and a notable destination for people from other parts of Mexico seeking to purchase high-value and bulk goods, free of government duty charges (a policy which was deliberately implemented to attract this business). The city retains a significant retail trade for the region, which supports many local businesses.

Several modern malls have been built, such as the Plaza de Américas mall, which houses a modern movie theater, various department store chains, food outlets and supermarkets.

In addition to its retail economy, Chetumal is also the capital of the state of Quintana Roo. Thus, all of the governmental offices are located here. This results in a large population of government employees, whose consumption of local goods and services injects additional revenue into the Chetumal economy.

In the early 1990s the University of Quintana Roo was established at Chetumal, providing training and advanced tertiary degrees over a range of subjects.


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