Like many beach and outdoor destinations, Cancún is seeing a spike in visitors as vaccinated vacationers and those with pandemic fatigue book getaways despite the CDC’s continuing advice not to travel. 🧵 👇 usatoday.com/in-depth/trave…
Our own @DawnGilbertson reports seeing tourists – most of them Americans – dance and shoot videos of the white-gloved performer belting out “Billie Jean” and “Thriller” while they sipped margaritas, martinis, piña coladas and other free drinks. 
“My husband and I decided, look, we still need to have some sort of mental health break,” one couple said.
“They take (COVID) more seriously here … We’re already talking about coming back in July.” said a family from Brandon, Mississippi. usatoday.com/story/travel/d…
Cancún’s tourism board is projecting 300,000 visitors from the United States in March.
Mexico is one of the few international vacation spots open to Americans, and unlike other tropical destinations (e.g. Hawaii and several Caribbean islands), has no entry restrictions such as quarantines or proof of a negative COVID test.
The Mexican government just raised occupancy limits for hotels in Cancún to 60% as the state moved into a less-restrictive COVID tier.
Masks are generally not required on the beach or at hotel pools except when walking around. The same goes for inside dining at restaurants, bars and buffets.
"I think that 99.9% of the people behave in a good way," one traveler said.
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