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Jaguar National Park to be inaugurated by end of month

Tulum, Q.R. — Within two weeks, the Jaguar National Park is expected to be officially inaugurated. Román Meyer Falcón, the Secretary of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu), says the inauguration will be with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Meyer was in Tulum over the weekend for a work tour of the park. He said during his Saturday visit, the Parque del Jaguar is currently 96 percent finished and that they are focusing on inspecting the final details of the Museum of Mayan Culture.

“Today we are 96 percent complete with the physical progress of the Jaguar National Park. We are in the final revisions of fine details, finishes and installations,” he reported.

As for the Museum of Mayan Culture, “we have already agreed with our colleagues from the National Institute of Anthropology and History that they will come in next week to review the project for its inclusion in the inauguration at the end of the month.

“So we are less than two weeks away from the formal inauguration with the President with the aim of making this museum and the Jaguar National Park the most important along the journey of the Maya Train,” he explained.

One of the last details is the completion of an observation tower. On Saturday, Meyer toured the nearly-complete structure, which he says once done, will offer views to the archaeological zone and the Caribbean Sea.

The observation is nearing completion. Photo: Roman Meyer August 17, 2024.

“We are working in Tulum, supervising the Jaguar Park. From the observation towers you can see the archaeological zone and the Caribbean Sea. Also, see the reforestation of what was the old airfield is advancing which soon will be the connected with the Maya Train,” he reported.

Aside from the park and museum, Sedatu (Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano) is also working on the Nicolás Bravo market, which is also nearing completion for delivery at the end of August. He is also overseeing the Chetumal fairgrounds.

According to Meyer, the Jaguar Park project, the fairgrounds and the Nicolás Bravo market cost more than 2.8 billion pesos.