Cancún

 city, resort, tourist attraction

Cancun (Mayan: kaan kun, "nest of snakes", is a city of international tourism development certified by the World Tourism Organization UNWTO UNWTO. Located on the northeastern coast of Quintana Roo in Mexico east to more than 1,700 miles from Mexico City, the project began operations in 1974 as Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (National Fund for Tourism Development), formerly known as INFRATUR. in a few years, had a remarkable transformation since to be an island of fishermen surrounded by virgin forest and unknown shores, is currently along with Acapulco's most renowned Mexican resort in the world. Politically is the head of the municipality of Benito Juarez, Quintana Roo state. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) through its foundation UNWTO-Themis awarded the Best of the Best "for excellence and good governance" to the Trust for Tourism Promotion of Cancun on February 3, 2007. Cancun becomes in this way a body supported by the Department of Education and Knowledge Management of the WTO.