by Donald Wood
Last updated: 12:31 PM ET, Tue September 4, 2018
To help travel agents ensure their clients' decision to visit Mexico will not be impacted by the influx of sargassum, a company is offering live webcams for Cancun and Riviera Maya beaches that show real-time updates.
According to Riviera Maya News, a company called Webcams de Mexico offers real-time videos of beaches and cities around the nation, allowing concerned travelers to view their destination's beaches to confirm they are free of sargassum.
Best Day Travel Group Julian Balbuena said that none of his clients cited sargassum as a reason behind their trip cancellations, but he added that it was nice to have to option to show travelers live footage of the top Mexican destinations.
"We have just begun the low season period, but we had a growth rate of 12 percent compared to 2017," Balbuena told the Riviera Maya News. "We are progressing with respect to reservations toward the end of the year by 17 percent and now, we are at 75 percent."
For travelers heading to the state of Quintana Roo, officials are controlling the influx of sargassum by placing almost 17 miles of seaweed barriers along the beaches near Playa del Carmen.
The United States also lent a helping hand in August when two sargassum boats were sent to the region to assist in cleanup efforts.
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