There are really no 'bad' seasons in which to visit Cancun, but if there's one portion of the year that can be described as being a nuisance then it's Sargassum Season. Sargassum is seaweed, and it ...

For years, Cancun has relied on a simple formula -- cheap beer, brilliant sunshine and pristine Caribbean beaches -- to lure tourists by the millions. But for the past several months, the last part of ...

This has caused concerns due to its unpleasant smell and tendency to accumulate in large masses. The Cancun seaweed problem has also had an immense impact on Mexico’s tourism industry (and other ...

A worker collecting sargassum seaweed on beaches of the Riviera Maya, Mexico. Riviera May and Cancun are experiencing one of their most intrusive sargassum seaweed seasons to date. daniromphoto ...

Cancun and Riviera Maya are experiencing one of their most intrusive sargassum seaweed seasons ever. The dense, foul-smelling algae is a common site along shorelines, and Cancun and surrounding areas ...