| Cancun is Mexico’s most important tourist destination and one of the world’s most well known resorts, located in the state of Quintana Roo in the Yucatan Peninsula. In Cancún there are about 140 hotels with 24,000 rooms and 380 restaurants and over four million visitors arrive each year. Cancun Mexico enjoys 240 days of sunshine a year, more than almost any other Caribbean location. The beaches in Cancun Mexico are almost 100 percent limestone; the porous quality of the limestone makes for cool sand even under the intense tropical sun. Cancun is divided into two parts: The narrow 14-mile long island section Cancun Island is lined with modern beachfront hotels surrounded by the Bahía de Mujeres, the Caribbean Sea, and the Nichupte and Bojorquez lagoons. The mainland downtown commercial section called Cancun City, connected to the island by two bridges, has broad avenues lined with whitewashed shops, restaurants, and hotels. The hotel zone in Cancun is more exclusive catering to the rich and famous. The hotel zone offers all inclusive hotels and tends to be more expensive then other areas....More about Cancun Mexico
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