Best Mexico's Future Tourist Attraction

You are laying in a hammock, watching one of the most spectacular sunsets you have ever seen. Softly,it swings as your toes dig into the soft warm sand and you reach for your favorite drink. It is hard to tell where the clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea start and the shimmering sky ends.

Iguanas sun themselves on the pavement and mangroves grow on either side of the road. Familiar scenes like this one above happen every day on Mexico's Peninsula. From Cancun to the Belize border.

But where is Costa Maya and why is it so special? Costa Maya is a 57-mile long stripe of the Caribbean Mexican coastline that is unspoiled, relatively convenient, eco-friendly, culture inspiring and full of profitable excitement. The beautiful beaches are what sets Costa Maya over other areas. The barrier reef, the Chinchorro Reef is one of the best diving and snorkeling in the Western Hemisphere. With most divers every day choosing Cozumel, Cancun, or Belize...you can enjoy 20 miles of unexplored reefs and shipwrecks to yourself.

Costa Maya has one draw back with their beaches, being to close to the barrier reef. The water is shallow, there is little surf, and the existence of sea grass makes the water look darker. You have to have someone rake up the sea grass daily if you want a clean beach.

This is the first Western Caribbean port designed exclusively for the cruise industry, but their stop at the port only allows its clients one day at the port. You can drive from Cancun or Playa Del Carmen but it is a long and expensive drive in a private car. Tourism has caused the area around the pier to be just one shop after another and three cruise ship can dock at the pier at the same time.

With acres of unspoiled coastal land, vast natural resources and rich historic and cultural influences Costa Maya offers tourists a view into the Mayan History. Costa Maya is the largest concentration of Mayan archaeological sites and existing Mayan population.