Overview
- Semarnat’s DGIRA published a technical review that identified 33 environmental impacts the promoter did not adequately mitigate, and the ministry has said the Perfect Day park will not receive authorization.
- Royal Caribbean formally withdrew its environmental application for the Mahahual park during the review process while the company says it will maintain regional investments and seek other local engagement.
- Semarnat treated three linked proposals as a single development and deseched the Beach Club in Cozumel and a cruise‑pier expansion in Mahahual after finding shared cumulative risks and incomplete documentation.
- More than 14,000 public comments were received during the MIA consultation, activists staged protests in Mexico City and reported millions of petition signatures while demanding a signed, written resolutivo from Semarnat for legal certainty.
- Authorities cited specific ecological threats including mangrove removal, harm to the Mesoamerican Reef, aquifer balance and salinity risks linked to desalination plants, and potential effects on hundreds of species and the small local community projected to face up to 21,000 daily visitors.