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Mexican State Quintana Roo Easing Some COVID-19 Restrictions
The Mexican state of Quintana Roo is easing its coronavirus restrictions ahead of spring break.
Regional reopening plans rely on the Mexican Ministry of Health’s four-tier Traffic Light Monitoring System, in which each state is assigned one of four colors Green, Yellow, Orange, or Red to represent its present epidemiological status, based on hospital occupancy rates and new infection rates.
Quintana Roo this week announced it was downgraded from Orange to Yellow as of March 1, following a decrease in confirmed COVID-19 cases in the area.
The state, which includes the major tourist destinations of Cancún, Tulum, and Playa del Carmen, is raising capacity limits from 30% to 60% at hotels, restaurants, and beaches, Quintana Roo government officials announced on Twitter.
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Most cruisers are familiar with Quintana Roo. Mexico’s Eastern-most state is home to some of the most popular cruise and travel destinations in all the Caribbean, including Cozumel and Cancun.
While the area has been hit hard by the lack of visitors in 2020, it looks like things may be turning around. According to Marisol Vanegas Pérez, the region’s State Secretariat of Tourism, Quintana Roo saw nearly 1 million travelers between December 22 and January 6.
The jump in tourists was so large, in fact, that hotels and resorts around the state requested to increase their capacity limits past 60% to accomodate all the travelers. In an interview with Riviera Maya News, a local newspaper, Pérez noted that many of the visiting tourists were Americans.