The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) stopped the Perfect Day Project in Mahahual, Quintana Roo. However, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that her government is holding talks with the Royal Caribbean company to relocate it to another area of the country.
“We are talking to the company to see if there is somewhere that does not have these environmental impacts where the project could be developed,” he said during the morning conference on May 27.
Environmental evaluation and dialogue with the company
The president explained that Semarnat, headed by Alicia Bárcena, evaluates areas that are not suitable for certain projects, but also considers the economic impacts. “They visualize the two issues: that there be investment, but if the area is not suitable, the project be redefined or relocated,” he said.
Sheinbaum recalled that former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador approved the Mexico Pacific project, a Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Saguaro, Sonora, with a gas pipeline. Now his government reviews the environmental impacts. “First, it guarantees the ecosystems: how many ships would enter and their route,” he said.
Relocation and protection of ecosystems
The president stated that they are seeking Royal Caribbean to meet with international organizations for a global evaluation. Granting an additional category of protection to Mahahual is also being analyzed, limiting activities only to ecotourism under strict conditions.
Regarding the case of Loreto, Baja California Sur, he clarified that a recent decree rules out a deep-sea port in the area. “We are not thinking about a big development, but about what is happening to date,” he said.
Sheinbaum stressed that private companies must comply with Mexican regulations, especially in coastal areas. Semarnat determined that Perfect Day was “too invasive,” so Royal Caribbean withdrew its plans. “The company has already been notified of the three negative projects,” he concluded.
Environmental activists have warned that megaprojects like this amount to the privatization of nature and irreversible damage to the ecosystem.




