Thousands of tonnes of sargassum floating ashore does not make for nice, clean tourist beaches in resort areas
By Sarah Morland / Reuters, MEXICO CITY
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Hundreds of Mexican hotel workers, tractor operators and Navy personnel are heading out to the beach each day at dawn to clean record masses of rotting sargassum seaweed off pristine Caribbean coastlines around popular tourist resorts.The seasonal phenomenon has caused hotels across the Caribbean to cut rates and invest millions of dollars in clearing up piles of the foul-smelling algae from their beaches, while governments and businesses look for solutions.
Members of the Mexican Navy collect sargassum seaweed from a beach in the hotel zone in Tulum, Mexico, on July 22.
