Mexico Plans $840 Million Mayan ’Amikoo’ Theme Park Agence France-Presse
go to original September 19, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced plans Monday for an $840 million Mayan theme park on the Caribbean coast to rival the major theme parks in the United States.

The park, dubbed Amikoo — or “friend” in the Mayan language — will have rides and characters based on Mayan mythology and be built in two phases in the so-called Riviera Maya, a stretch of pristine beaches on Mexico’s southeastern coast.

“We’re going to compete with other (parks) up there (in the United States), and I’m sure ours will be better,” Pena Nieto said at a ceremony also attended by the Mexican investors behind the project.

Pena Nieto said the park would bolster Mexico’s place as a “high-quality tourism destination.”

Mexico became the eighth most-visited country in the world last year, according to the World Tourism Organization, with 35 million international arrivals who spent some $19.6 billion.

The vital sector represents some 8.7 percent of the Mexican economy.

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