TIL Cancún was made into a tourist destination in 1974 with the Mexican Government investing in 9 hotels. The population in 1970 was 3 people whereas the population in 2010 was 722,880.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canc%C3%BAn



Submitted December 28, 2014 at 06:31AM by snood1205 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2qkswp/til_canc%C3%BAn_was_made_into_a_tourist_destination_in/