Cancún
Mexico /
Quintana Roo /
Cancun /
World
/ Mexico
/ Quintana Roo
/ Cancun
World / Mexico / Quintana Roo
city, resort, tourist attraction
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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.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancún
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 21°7'46"N 86°52'58"W
- Mérida 296 km
- Sensuntepeque 819 km
- Santa Ana 832 km
- San Miguel 850 km
- Ahuachapán 853 km
- San Vicente 858 km
- Santa Tecla 864 km
- Sonsonate 878 km
- La Libertad 885 km
- Managua 998 km
- Zona Industrial 3.3 km
- Sports' ground area 4.5 km
- Anahuac University (Cancun) 8.6 km
- New Runway 12L/30 9 km
- Universidad Tecnológica de Cancún 10 km
- Cancún International Airport (CUN/MMUM) 10 km
- Golf Course 14 km
- Golf Course 16 km
- Moon Palace Cancun 17 km
- El Tucan 19 km