Smelly seaweed destroyed beach tourism in Mexico

The legendary Sargosso Sea is now splashing along the shores of Mexican resorts …

More precisely, it splashed, and now on the beaches you just can’t get through the rubble of rotting piles of brown algae. The characteristic sulfuric smell and the disgusting appearance of “grass soup” instead of clean water scared away tourists, making this season a failure in the regions of Tulum, Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Neither millions of investments in cleaning the beaches nor the efforts of the Mexican army helped. Continue reading →