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Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, November, 2006
When Hurricane Wilma made landfall in October 2005, the sea swallowed Cancún's beach and flooded its hotel zone, while relentless winds peeled back roofs and blew out windows. Overnight, the resort area was left unrecognizable. Mexico's government reacted quickly-not surprising, considering Cancún brings in a third of the country's tourism revenue.
Near the top of the list was fixing the 15.5-mile-long beach. In four months, more than three million tons of sand were pumped ashore by a Belgian dredging company. The cost: $20 million. Resorts had their own work to do. After a $24 million renovation, Club Med Cancún Yucatán reopens this month with a new look and a family-friendly policy. (It used to be for adults only.) "The Mexican government did a terrific job to make Cancún...
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