The Train Maya: Mexico's ambitious new tourism megaproject
BBCThe Train Maya: Mexico's ambitious new tourism megaproject dpa picture alliance/Alamy It's been dubbed "the greatest construction project in the world", and will usher in a new way for travellers to experience Mexico's ancient Maya sites. However, the opening of Tulum's new airport is just one piece of a far-more ambitious tourism and infrastructure plan – one that Obrador has boldly called "the greatest construction project in the world". Here, he shares his thoughts what to see near the Tren Maya's route: • "Palenque is characterised by a very attractive natural setting, splendid architecture and highly elaborate relief carvings." "Not only has the train been built over cenotes, which could collapse at any time, it's also displaced many Maya communities," said Paulina Rios, a young marine biologist from Mexico City.
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What a 1,000-mile railway across the Yucatán jungle says about Mexico’s outgoing president
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Mexico's costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operation
The Independent
In Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, a hidden underground world under threat by the Maya Train
The IndependentUS company rejects Mexico’s criticism, buy-out offer, says president’s projects hurt the environment
Associated PressMexico’s Maya tourist train opens for partial service amid delays and cost overruns
Associated PressMexico’s president inaugurates first part of $20 billion tourist train project on Yucatan peninsula
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All aboard the new train route exploring Mexico’s Mayan heartlands
The IndependentResidents battling a new train line in northern Mexico face a wall of government secrecy
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Worries abound that Mexico’s Maya Train will destroy jungle
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In Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle
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Photos: Experts warn of ecological threat from Mayan Train route
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Mexican government says train poses no threat to skeleton
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Maya village’s water, future threatened by Mexican train
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Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train
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Mexican president’s Mayan Train dealt new legal setback
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Mexico’s Mayan train suspension divides Indigenous community
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Mexico’s president says army to run Maya train project
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Mexico experts find 2,000 ruin sites near Maya train route
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