Cancun Mexican tourism site

Cancun is a city of international tourism development certified by the World Organization Turism. Located on the northeast coast of Quintana Roo in eastern Mexico more than 1,700 km from Mexico City, the Project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (National Fund for Tourism Development), formerly known as INFRATUR.

The tourism sector is the main source of revenue to the city and the municipality, making the engine of the economy Benito Juarez:

• In Cancun there are 181 hotels with 35,023 rooms and 380 restaurants. (Dec 2010).
• 3,004,802 visitors came to Cancun in 2007, an average of 190 flights per day (Dec 2009)
• The annual economic impact in Cancun from tourism is $ 3,072.21 million. (January-December 2007).
• The average annual expenditure per visitor only in Cancun is $ 1028.84. (January-December 2007).

Most hotels offer all-inclusive packages, to keep them in this area, allowing prices to rise. They usually have their own Marina services (water sports and entertainment) diving, snorkeling, food and beverages in general. Cancun has the most varied nightlife, over 10 discos, are clustered in an area known as the Party Center, in the heart of the Hotel Zone area.

Convention Centers

Cancún has two centers of international conventions; The first was founded in 1986, was designed taking into account the highest standards of architecture, technology and functionality in conducting conventions, events and exhibitions internationally. 

It consists of 6,500 square feet of convention areas, located in the "km 9" of the Hotel Zone; The second is one of the most important and largest in Latin America and the first to be called MESSE, by their European features, which was chosen to host the COP16 in Cancún in 2010, called Cancunmesse, because it has all the standard international and with a capacity of 60,000 m² roofing and more than 30,000 m² outdoors, the fairgrounds has a carrying capacity of 7 tons per m² and a headroom exhibit 9 meters, located 10 minutes from the International airport antre Puerto Morelos and Cancun.

Pok Ta Pok

The Golf Club Pok ta Pok was designed in 1976 by Robert Trent Jones. This club is not only the oldest but also the most prestigious golf courses from Cancun. The golf course is located along Cancun Island, with its 18 hole, par 72 Over four miles (from km 6 to 9) can be seen the field as he runs down the boulevard Kukulcan walk or vehicle.

Trading Places 

Certainly constitute a tourist attraction for visitors and locals because of the attractions that each contains, besides shopping. In the hotel area there are three main squares (La Isla and Kukulkan Plaza Caracol Square) offer any kind of goods and services, plus aquarium, restaurants and prestigious department stores.

In the downtown area (urban) are most diverse places inside department stores and self-service stores and boutiques varieties. Among the most recognized and visited places are Plaza las Americas Cancun Mall Square (Plaza las Americas II), Square stores (formerly Square cancún 2000), Great Plaza, Square Outlet (formerly Square Walking Cancún) among other small shopping malls and tourism in the urban area.