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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Teresa de Miguel

Mexico quickly built a tourist train. It’s destroying the country’s natural wonders

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Mexico’s outgoing leader has built a train system looping around the country’s southern peninsula, connecting tourist hubs like Cancún and Playa del Carmen to dense jungle and remote archaeological sites.

The line is designed to draw money into long-neglected rural swathes of the country.

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