VIDEO: Quintana Roo's effort to eliminate sargass from his ribs

Quintana Roo started the withdrawal of Sargbadum from the beaches of Majahual and Xcalak (Video: Facebook @NNVeracruz)

The government of Quintana Roo started the removal of Sargbadum from the beaches of Majahual and Xcalak, with temporary workers.

In the work involved fishing communities who were hired to remove sargbadum and volunteers who participated in beach clean-ups on the Quintana Roo coast.

Tourists looking for sun and beach in Mexican spas like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum they met a lot of smelly Sargbadum, an algae that accumulates on the beaches and dyes the turquoise color of its brown waters.

The coast of Riviera Maya, in the Mexican Caribbean, it provides half of the country's tourism revenue and, until 2014, Sargbadum had barely reached its shores.

But a possible combination of Climate change, pollution from the use of fertilizer and ocean currents and currents that carry algae to the area have been at the root of the problem.

The phenomenon of Sargbadum is not limited to the coast of the state of Quintana Roo, but one of the biggest challenges in the world consequence of climate change.

Their attention requires the sum of multinational efforts and a global commitment to cope with the effects of economic development on the environment, the authorities said.

Participate in Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), with the support of National Tourism Promotion Fund (Fonatur). The federal government directs technical coordination.

They also collaborate Secretary of the Navy on the high seas, and CONAPESCA in shallow waters and on beaches.

The municipalities of Benito Juárez, Puerto Morelos and Solidarity They continue the work of cleaning and eliminating sargazo on the beaches.

Although the number of travelers who arrived at the Cancun airport in March up 3.3% compared to the same month of the previous year, many fear that this rate can not be maintained if the sargbadum covers the white sand and turquoise waters of its beaches, and permeates the air, because the decaying algae smell eggs rotten.

Moreover, by decomposing, it sinks, which could stifle the famous Caribbean corals and their accumulation on the beaches could make the task difficult. nesting sea turtles.

Grupo ASUR (Aeropuertos del Sureste) has announced a significant growth in the flow of international pbadengers to the airports of Cancun and Cozumel in 2019against 2018.

He explained that for the period of March 2019 up 7.4%, compared to March 2018. This increase in Quintana Roo's destinations is reflected in the growth of rents via digital platforms such as Air B & B, constant in the destinations of Quintana Roo and other tourist points in Quintana Roo. l & # 39; International.