Akumal
Template:Short description Template:Cleanup-reorganize Template:Refimprove Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other Akumal is a small beachfront tourist resort community in Mexico, Template:Convert south of Cancún, between the towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum. It is on Akumal Bay and Half Moon Bay on the site of a former coconut plantation in Tulum Municipality in the state of Quintana Roo, and is part of the Riviera Maya area. The 2010 census showed a population of 1,310.[1]
Akumal is famous as a destination for snorkeling. Visitors can swim with endangered green sea turtles, which visit the bay to feed on sea grass.[2] Snorkeling's popularity has put environmental pressure on the fragile habitat.[3]
History
Akumal was officially founded in 1958 as a community for scuba divers by Pablo Bush Romero—a Mexican businessman, big game trophy hunter, diver, writer, historian, and archaeologist. His family still controls a portion of Akumal.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On March 7, 2016, Akumal Bay was declared a marine refuge to protect the threatened turtle population.[4][5]
In 2018 the Akumal Arts Festival was founded. Each November this event brings over 120 national and international artists from Mexico for one of the largest mural festivals being produced globally.[6]
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- ↑ http://mapserver.inegi.org.mx/mgn2k/?s=geo&c=1223 Template:Webarchive 2010 census tables: INEGI]: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
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