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Two years after closing its gates, Mérida’s train and railway museum has reopened to the public. But despite being in a very similar location to the old museum, its new version and surroundings are completely unrecognizable. While the museum used to lie in an open field, it is now fully integrated into La Plancha Park,…
The 2024 hurricane season is not over yet. Authorities revealed that surveillance is maintained on the possible formation of a low-pressure zone over the Caribbean Sea. According to a publication on her social networks, Governor Mara Lezama, detailed that this zone has a 20 percent probability of formation during the next 7 days, and zero […]
The City Council of Merida is promoting new strategies to strengthen the tourism industry in the state capital. Airlines, hotel entrepreneurs, and restaurateurs participate in these strategies, and exhibitions in other cities are also included. Armando Casares Espinosa, director of the Tourism Unit of the City Council of Merida, said that they are already in […]
The “Valladolid Weekend in Mexico,” which will take place on November 22 and 23 at the Santa Fe Shopping Center in Mexico City, including craft and commercial exhibitions, as well as meetings with travel agencies, hoteliers, and restaurateurs,” said the President of the Tourism Business Council, Jorge Carrillo Sáenz. This Magical Town, added Carrillo Sáenz, […]
Image above displays an INAH restoration specialist at work at El Meco Archaeological site. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht / Yucatán Magazine Over the past couple of weeks, hundreds of media outlets worldwide have reported on the discovery of the ancient Maya city nicknamed Valeriana in Mexico’s Campeche state. Several headlines, even from legacy…
“Due to the long weekend for the Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the Buen Fin, which coincide on dates this November, good hotel occupancy is expected for Merida”, said Juan José Martín Pacheco, president of the Mexican Association of Hotels of Yucatán (AMHY). The president of the association explained that even though from May […]
The tranquility of Ixil, Yucatan, has been disturbed in recent days by the alarming killing of domestic animals, mainly dogs and cats, which have been found dead in various areas of the community. The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has opened an investigation file and assured that the investigations are progressing to find the person […]
Merida is positioned as one of the most expensive cities in the country. During the second half of October 2024, Mérida ranked sixth among the cities with the greatest upward variation in inflation with 1.4%, higher than the 1.21% reported in the first half of that month, higher than the national average which was 0.55% […]
President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will contact Donald Trump’s transition team to discuss the issue of the border between Mexico and the US. “We will always defend the Mexicans who are on the other side of the border,” was Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to the appointment of Tom Homan as the new ‘border czar’ between Mexico […]
Homan was widely expected to be offered such a position following Trump’s pledge to launch the largest deportation operation in US history. US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Tom Homan, his former acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as the “border czar” in his incoming administration. “I am pleased to announce […]