Tourists visit the pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Photo: AFP
Tourists visit the pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Photo: AFP

Tourists in Mexico party like there’s no coronavirus even as death toll nears 200,000

  • Visitors are flocking to resorts like Tulum and Cancun, where they can dance late into the night at discos with lax distancing measures
  • ‘It is the most shocking thing I’ve seen in the pandemic. It’s as if Covid never reached Cancun,’ says a tourist

Tourists visit the pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Photo: AFP
Tourists visit the pre-Columbian Mayan site of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Photo: AFP
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