Drugs Are Poisoning the Water in This Mexican Vacation Destination

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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
  • Tulum, Mexico - VICE arrives in this natural paradise formed over thousands of years of geological change, creating otherworldly rock pools and ancient, interconnected cave formations. But we’re not the only ones - tourism is flourishing here, with a new generation of “eco-travellers” and influencers, eager to share their holiday amongst the hidden rainforest cenotes to the rest of the world, bringing gangsters from nearby Cancun with them. Now a newer problem has been detected - cocaine traces found in these ancient rockpools hints at the interconnectivity of the water system here, the same one that connects the untreated sewage from the newly built eco-resorts where the tourists stay, and the rockpools they’ve travelled so far to enjoy. Ironically, this influx of tourists is destroying the natural beauty and ecosystem that attracted them here in the first place, leaving them swimming in their own excrement.
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  • @ddpwe5269
    @ddpwe5269 3 года назад +560

    Too bad the people who need to see this probably don't watch these types of things in the first place.

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 3 года назад +5

      If it affects the economy then they’ll remain silent about it

    • @nano-vx9tu
      @nano-vx9tu 3 года назад +12

      @@CA-ly7my then why do you have 76 comments here

    • @brianisme6498
      @brianisme6498 3 года назад +5

      @@nano-vx9tu lol just to prove how much he hates vice lol

    • @adrianc6534
      @adrianc6534 3 года назад +2

      of course not. they dont look at anything but their own fucking faces in the countless selfies they post everyday.

    • @brianisme6498
      @brianisme6498 3 года назад +6

      @@nano-vx9tu it’s 83 now. Seems he spends a lot of time on this channel despite hating it

  • @philiprossin9489
    @philiprossin9489 3 года назад +696

    I'm not sure if they said eco or ego, but "Ego Hippies" is such an accurate description of those folks. Sheesh

    • @rongike
      @rongike 3 года назад +15

      it was eco. it was supposed to make them sound hypocritical af 😅

    • @nathanhowlett8893
      @nathanhowlett8893 3 года назад +40

      They are all Ego hippies. Look at me look at me. Not a single one practice what they preach.

    • @bigraviolees
      @bigraviolees 3 года назад +7

      What's your point? Point? Are you anti people who are trying to save the planet? You're life included?

    • @bigraviolees
      @bigraviolees 3 года назад

      @@nathanhowlett8893 stfu

    • @philiprossin9489
      @philiprossin9489 3 года назад +27

      @@bigraviolees I kinda figure you're trolling, but just in case you aren't I'll earnestly try to clarify. That's not what I or anyone else here was saying. We're saying the supposed hippies in the video are not sincere and are just there to party and pretend that they care about the planet while ruining this natural haven that they polluted the air to get to in the first place, hence the joke ego hippies. Secondarily, try to understand what people are actually saying before telling them to shut up, just unnecessary and confrontational

  • @maliaevonne196
    @maliaevonne196 3 года назад +531

    Thanks for showing this. What’s fucking infuriating is that nothing will be done and it’s all going to be ruined ...but at least people with have good Instagram pics

    • @mo938
      @mo938 3 года назад +8

      in this world, it's not about who YOU are. It's about who your AVATAR is.

    • @Janexcalibur
      @Janexcalibur 3 года назад +12

      And politicians, businesses, and cartels will stuff their pockets with money before moving on to other places to exploit once this place has been sufficiently trashed and people no longer come.

    • @iamthefuss934
      @iamthefuss934 3 года назад

      Good. If yu have a fancy island don’t advertise it so white ppl dnt wanna go there. Natural selection

    • @johnny1897
      @johnny1897 3 года назад

      Yeah dirty tourists and humans

    • @sharonsmith1783
      @sharonsmith1783 3 года назад +2

      @@iamthefuss934 tourists come in many colours.

  • @paladinsmith7050
    @paladinsmith7050 3 года назад +222

    They're literally swimming in their own poop.

    • @4teenjelo128
      @4teenjelo128 3 года назад +1

      Tuff

    • @colinwhitfield8627
      @colinwhitfield8627 3 года назад +12

      AND cocaine. We all make sacrifices.

    • @jakp8777
      @jakp8777 3 года назад +1

      Literally!!!!!!

    • @4teenjelo128
      @4teenjelo128 3 года назад

      @@jakp8777 how

    • @UserAme99
      @UserAme99 3 года назад +4

      5% poop. If not control might going to be like river ganga, india.

  • @joaojervell5396
    @joaojervell5396 3 года назад +57

    My uncle bought some land in tulum when it wasnt popular and built a hotel there.
    When tulum became more popular the local mayor became jealous and hired gangs to takeover my uncles hotel and my uncle needed to flee to the jungle with his wife and children, where he was exposed and vulnerable.
    He managed to return to my home country, portugal and has now regain the land back again after winning a case against the mayor.He ended up selling the hotel and land as he found that tulum was not what it was and become destroyed due to heavy tourism increase
    My parents managed to experience tulum when basically there was no tourism and it was very different and better than it is now, where there was pristine beaches and reefs where you would have no one

    • @JM-yl8er
      @JM-yl8er 3 года назад +3

      this makes me so sad 😭😔

    • @alexcontreras6103
      @alexcontreras6103 3 года назад +1

      Yea man even up to 2014 it was still chill now it's another Cancun. Sadly Bacalar is starting to gain attention.

    • @Hope4MeAndYou
      @Hope4MeAndYou 2 года назад +5

      So your uncle was one of those who started this problem at the beginning

  • @clownworldhouse
    @clownworldhouse 3 года назад +311

    Wait a second, are you implying that the Instagram models are shitting?

    • @preetamkumar9496
      @preetamkumar9496 3 года назад +10

      Pooping not shitting

    • @thedevilsadvodkate
      @thedevilsadvodkate 3 года назад +26

      No I don't believe it, I refuse

    • @clownworldhouse
      @clownworldhouse 3 года назад +4

      @@thedevilsadvodkate right

    • @sombrero9738
      @sombrero9738 3 года назад +38

      @@clownworldhouse Girls don't poop.
      Vice news is known for spreading fake news, don't believe their lies & deception

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад +3

      On everything - LOL!

  • @TinaMcCall.
    @TinaMcCall. 3 года назад +178

    I traveled here YEARS ago, when it was a small village. This brutal, but necessary, video is almost like watching a loved one's beating.

    • @zman4539
      @zman4539 3 года назад +4

      I have also visited Tulum many years ago and your comment sums this problem up precisely. I truly believe in the Mexican people and their ability to solve it as the damage can be reversed, controls put in place to halt the process and ensure economic growth does not kill this fragile natural wonder. The whole ecosystem must remain sterile of any man made pollutants and strictly enforced laws put in place to prevent any toxins from entering into the water table. It is one of a kind interconnected aquifer.

    • @svenmc9748
      @svenmc9748 3 года назад +1

      the question remains what os deemed negative to the locality. Is the the influx of "woke" people who in turn require absorbatant amounts of amenities? Or is it the water situation? Is it the conservation efforts? Or the cartels?

    • @RottsIGs
      @RottsIGs 3 года назад

      Well-said, this is exactly what I was thinking. It's painful to see such a beautiful place just being wrecked for the sake of selfies, parties, and drugs.

    • @svenmc9748
      @svenmc9748 3 года назад +2

      @Treez 93 So are you Treez 93. We all know what you are.

    • @Manish_Kumar_Singh
      @Manish_Kumar_Singh 3 года назад

      You are part of the problem

  • @carolinaparedes2565
    @carolinaparedes2565 3 года назад +94

    Ughhhhh how does this guy dare to say that doing drugs in a sacred place is teaching how to look after the jungle? Agh

    • @Janexcalibur
      @Janexcalibur 3 года назад +12

      Yeah, he was just talking s%$ All he does is just sell these parties and rake in money. Nothing cultural about having a full moon rave in the jungle and doing drugs.

    • @joshuaaranda3990
      @joshuaaranda3990 3 года назад +15

      On top of it you can tell by his accent he's probably a Spaniard, so there's some weird historical ecos in his exploitation of Latin American resources.

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 3 года назад +2

      Take care of the environment, take all your drugs, don’t flush them!!! Lol

    • @tylerdavis520
      @tylerdavis520 3 года назад

      Eco-Nihilistic Hedonism sounds about right. These people have no regard for anything but their next high. They’ll just fly out to the next hot spot and leave the locals to pick up the pieces

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 3 года назад

      @Johnnie Boi when did I say it was the locals?

  • @jsl02008
    @jsl02008 3 года назад +328

    Cartels have enough money, power, and political influence to build a proper infrastructure in Tulum and profit off legitimate businesses.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 3 года назад +22

      Exactly. It's been known for years they muscled their way in. Let them take care of it properly.

    • @lisamac2764
      @lisamac2764 3 года назад +95

      But they won’t cuz they don’t give a crap, as usual. What part of criminal is not clear to you ?

    • @jsl02008
      @jsl02008 3 года назад +4

      It's about time they use their money and power for the common good.

    • @viviblaat5831
      @viviblaat5831 3 года назад +24

      You mean, how Pablo Escobar tried to do? Drug lords, aren't accepted as philanthropists in this world.

    • @kickballfever
      @kickballfever 3 года назад +43

      @@jsl02008 I was watching a documentary about a Mexican town and how cartels have more power there than the actual government. The cartel had actually built infrastructure in the area. They paved roads for everyone to use and they built cell phone infrastructure for themselves. If the cartels wanted to build infrastructure in Tulum they definitely have the resources. It's crazy but it's true.

  • @Grace-ox7wj
    @Grace-ox7wj 3 года назад +160

    I never knew about this. Thank you VICE news for spreading awareness!

  • @BizzeeB
    @BizzeeB 3 года назад +926

    Ah, Tulum - the international destination for people who shouldn't have passports. The waters are filled with discarded Go Pros and selfie sticks.

    • @adonaiorion
      @adonaiorion 3 года назад +31

      💔 but also ignorant. I know some don't care, and that's why I point their ignorance and how it hurts them long term permanently too. One planet, one place.

    • @adonaiorion
      @adonaiorion 3 года назад +27

      I love music, I like to go to parties, drink, 420 friendly, love nature, travel, etc. But, anything you do should be balanced, not damaging; pleasure and responsibility have to be optimized or it's self destructive, even if there seems abundance at first glance.

    • @adonaiorion
      @adonaiorion 3 года назад +11

      There are alternatives to seeing the planet, and been with nature. If you can't separate consumerism from been with the planet, you have a problem; our society's skewed views are also part of that.
      We all each in our way of been somewhere are responsible. I mention it because the guy in the video washes his hands saying he doesn't want to be a part of how some hotel, etc. does business, when knowledge of how these things affect from the very for profit pursue, regardless of the approach, is available. If you want to be with nature, you should be okay leaving the tourism to the cities and towns, besides the fact that humans are not the only inhabitants of earth.
      Also, as much as people don't want to hear, the excess tourism, tech, even "green", for profit pursues, etc. are and will always be harmful. As I said, there is a balance, and from the peak, there's the decline. The problem with tourism and nature is that is not a sustainable model, because of invasion, not because of what kind of tech is used (green or not). We only have one earth of billions of evolution advanced, so no do overs in society and humanity. Imagine us been part of the chapter of civilization that ruined all simply because of favoring the wrong things and people. Think.

    • @adonaiorion
      @adonaiorion 3 года назад +6

      Forgot to mention: excess business is such a thing, that has to be included too in the message of "doing the right thing" as a business. The Lorax poem by Dr. Seuss, also made into a movie explains it to kids, should do the trick here too.

    • @e.s.2
      @e.s.2 3 года назад +5

      @@adonaiorion can you just type it in one text? Why do you have to type them all separately?

  • @jjbass3141
    @jjbass3141 3 года назад +245

    Here in Cabo we have a similar situation with the drugs plus the lack of accountability, sustainability and water. Same country, same problems.
    We also have the fake hippie, hipster, preppy tourism that comes to exploit the town under the guise of being shamanic, natural, and even “local”. The situation is quite depressing.

    • @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934
      @kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 3 года назад +9

      Fight with your voice.. no maybe you’d end up with a bounty on your head for trying to stop some people from making a “ killing” financially

    • @sarahalbers5555
      @sarahalbers5555 3 года назад +8

      I am so glad my parents had the insight to take us to the Yucatan Peninsula and see the ruins more than 50 years ago. I love Mexico and Guatemala, so sad to see the destruction of paradise.

    • @antoanto5301
      @antoanto5301 3 года назад +8

      @@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 same situation as "The Beach"! Trustafarian a-holes trashing beautiful, ancient places, I wonder if local government even considered this beforehand?

    • @julieb944
      @julieb944 3 года назад

      @@antoanto5301 a dnt think their Rastafarian or they widny b doin it xcx

    • @iamthefuss934
      @iamthefuss934 3 года назад +2

      Good. That’s what y’all get for advertising your tourism all the damn time 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

  • @santoshrawlo6458
    @santoshrawlo6458 3 года назад +248

    Most dangerous living species: We Humans...

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 3 года назад +1

      @Melissa Robins nope, just the same.

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад

      Mother Nature will take care of it....just like the 99% of other species that have become extinct.

    • @rapper4orty2
      @rapper4orty2 3 года назад +1

      Yea and its 7 billion of them. By 2050 they expect it to Reach 11 billion. We need thanos Asap.

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 3 года назад +1

      @@rapper4orty2 become Thanos friend

    • @lil1sinclair171
      @lil1sinclair171 3 года назад

      @@pauls4742 we to powerful g cant get rid of us

  • @MaximusMongoose
    @MaximusMongoose 3 года назад +224

    Ah, the western tourist messing up hidden gems since the dawn of time...

    • @Chipiliro613
      @Chipiliro613 3 года назад +3

      You think the Western World existed at the dawn of time?

    • @MaximusMongoose
      @MaximusMongoose 3 года назад +22

      @@Chipiliro613 It seems like you don't think because an expression that's supposed to be taken on a tongue-in-cheek level. Triggered much 🤣😂

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 3 года назад +5

      Mexico is western though.

    • @MaximusMongoose
      @MaximusMongoose 3 года назад +12

      @@ericktellez7632 true but Mexicans wouldn't be considered tourists in their own country.

    • @abhishekmunda3lol
      @abhishekmunda3lol 3 года назад

      😂😂😂

  • @pevlez
    @pevlez 3 года назад +215

    I wish they would have interviewed the local governors

    • @HAMID___
      @HAMID___ 3 года назад +23

      He’s probably in it for himself. They tend to be corrupt

    • @salvadorjimenez4046
      @salvadorjimenez4046 3 года назад +6

      That would've been awesome 👍👍👍🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

    • @vrokhlenko
      @vrokhlenko 3 года назад +2

      They are on the take. Land is $130 per square meter and rising for a 10K square meter lots, much more for smaller lots. Paradise indeed for lining their pockets!

    • @svenmc9748
      @svenmc9748 3 года назад

      Yucatan has had the priviledge of having some fairly competent leadership since the 80s. Despite it all Yucatan has managed things very well.

    • @pevlez
      @pevlez 3 года назад

      @@svenmc9748 Tulum is not in the state of Yucatan it's in the state of Quintana Roo, if it was Yucatan we probably wouldn't be in this mess

  • @Zenboy23
    @Zenboy23 3 года назад +589

    One more spot ruined by tourists and "nomads" with daddy's money.

    • @stephenfaulkner2327
      @stephenfaulkner2327 3 года назад +32

      I would say its the Mexicans Government fault for not having proper sewage treatment.

    • @phuckyoutube5927
      @phuckyoutube5927 3 года назад +10

      @@stephenfaulkner2327 lmao even if they weren't pooing in their drinking water it still would fix trash pollution and all of the above.

    • @EVILJAMARR
      @EVILJAMARR 3 года назад +23

      @@stephenfaulkner2327 yeah it’s never the entitled whyt ppls fault. Never.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 3 года назад +7

      so many racists in this thread

    • @daedae1522
      @daedae1522 3 года назад +11

      @@jeffb.140 did you watch the video?

  • @anidiquaojala1804
    @anidiquaojala1804 3 года назад +114

    Imagine how the indigenous are experiencing this heartbreaking devastation- I was there in the 90s and in 2001-It was a pristine oasis- 💕 to the people attempting to stop it's destruction

    • @manfreds.6384
      @manfreds.6384 3 года назад +13

      its when self righteous westard creatures arrive that's when destruction happened look at what they did to Thailand and Bali.

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад +3

      @@manfreds.6384 Westards - LOL! Yup, I've seen it all over the planet....probably makes me one to - but I try not to be an a$$hole when I travel and have some respect for the locals and the environment. To be fair, often some of the locals are complicit in the environmental destruction for a buck. I'm the one walking around picking up garbage, often left by locals.

    • @alexcontreras6103
      @alexcontreras6103 3 года назад

      Yeap even in 2014 when I went it was still a small town

  • @randomdogger5278
    @randomdogger5278 3 года назад +82

    I hate “social media influencers.” My favorite story is that one social media influencer that got deported out of Bali beginning of COVID 😂.

    • @SomeRandomDevOpsGuy
      @SomeRandomDevOpsGuy 3 года назад

      Wouldn't anyone who posts on social media be a "social media influencer?" I don't get it...

    • @mayn90s19
      @mayn90s19 3 года назад +3

      @@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy You don't get it because you're playing stupid. Quit playing stupid.

    • @leonardlee8652
      @leonardlee8652 3 года назад +2

      @@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy How would your FB account or IG influence me or others when you are a complete unknown stranger? I don’t get it either….

  • @phoenix522
    @phoenix522 3 года назад +191

    The Vice that we needed has returned

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 3 года назад +4

      I hate Vice, I wish we could ban them from coming to Mexico

    • @johnsoroka5572
      @johnsoroka5572 3 года назад +3

      @@ericktellez7632 why?

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 года назад +13

      @@johnsoroka5572 They can be biased at many times. They bash European countries for being far right, and not acknowledging it's their national decision. They constantly make up agendas for people so people can hate people (revolving door). They play the blame game. They really never give the courage to people of how things could change for the better. It's always, "Here's a problem, and that's what it is. It could change, but don't expect it to."

    • @evdm7482
      @evdm7482 3 года назад

      hardly hard-hitting, this has been an issue for years and years and there was nothing investigative about this.

    • @MichaelLee-nn9fo
      @MichaelLee-nn9fo 3 года назад

      Yeap

  • @evdm7482
    @evdm7482 3 года назад +32

    jeez, the only time I ever went, there was only one hotel that even had electricity, which meant sundown = lights out, then we were woken up in our stick huts by the crabs crawling en masse on the rocks out of the ocean at sunrise. It was magical. Sad to see how this has transformed, but one 'good' massive hurricane season could set it all right again. That and some damn law and order. Tourism should not be a death wish.

    • @rick-be
      @rick-be 3 года назад

      I was there when the ruins and the blanket sellers were the entire town.
      The only nude beach in all Mexico and one hotel consisting of a dozen bamboo shacks.

  • @iloveyouamberappel
    @iloveyouamberappel 3 года назад +73

    The problem is greed and the power of money. People started to build with no infrastructure in place and this is what happened.

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 3 года назад

      Totally agree. This is why government regulations and taxes are required.
      People are making money and not investing into the infrastructure needed to sustain the area.

  • @JustOneAsbesto
    @JustOneAsbesto 3 года назад +92

    So, awful people being awful. In the future Instagram will be seen as a dark period of human history.

    • @adrianfleming3437
      @adrianfleming3437 3 года назад +1

      It already is to a lot people know that's how I feel about it.

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад +5

      Its what humans do... selfish, egotistical, nasty little creatures... but don't worry, Mother Nature always wins in the end and humans won't be around forever ;)

    • @kirkyorg7654
      @kirkyorg7654 3 года назад +4

      social media will be looked on in the future as the biggest mistake of the 21st century being allowed to grow into the 1000 headed monster it has become it is ruining whole generations of children and is a scourge of epic proportions on the entire world best thing that could happen to the world is the end of FB and twitter and instagram the world would be a better place if they all shut down tomorrow

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    @Mohamed-jq9lp 3 года назад +51

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  • @shadowfax88
    @shadowfax88 3 года назад +19

    Why would a toilet ever flush right into an aquifer.. jeez

  • @makeleletoulalan5604
    @makeleletoulalan5604 3 года назад +28

    It's a pipe dream to expect these vapid people to ask about the sewage system.

  • @johnsoroka5572
    @johnsoroka5572 3 года назад +51

    I just visited Tulum and saw the Cenotes a few months ago. It would be such a shame if this natural world wonder goes to waste. Thank you vice for uncovering this, fantastic reporting.

    • @AndrewLaMonica1
      @AndrewLaMonica1 3 года назад

      @Johnnie Boi not all Europeans are the same

    • @joshwekony8861
      @joshwekony8861 2 года назад

      Aswell as not all westerners!!!!

    • @joshwekony8861
      @joshwekony8861 2 года назад +1

      Love- the whitest westerner you’ve never seen

  • @textmy
    @textmy 3 года назад +10

    ‘Shamanistic DJs’ says it all. This used to be a very beautiful and simple part of the world.

  • @hoz4782
    @hoz4782 3 года назад +46

    Ideas and conversations like these need to be incorporated into our fundamental educational system.

    • @zinjanthropus322
      @zinjanthropus322 3 года назад +1

      We can converse all we want but the environment is still being destroyed as we talk.

    • @cantu7214
      @cantu7214 3 года назад +1

      @@zinjanthropus322 conversations lead to education, education leads to action

    • @practicallyhigh4740
      @practicallyhigh4740 3 года назад +1

      Sadly never going to happen.

    • @zinjanthropus322
      @zinjanthropus322 3 года назад +3

      @@cantu7214 Conversations have been happening about this since the 70s. People are more aware about it than they've ever been. Where's the action? At the end the day, words don't mean a thing.

    • @cantu7214
      @cantu7214 3 года назад

      @@zinjanthropus322 must be sad to live your life being a pessimist

  • @artisticagi
    @artisticagi 3 года назад +7

    Im trying to understand how it’s the tourists fault that the buildings don’t have septic systems. They probably don’t even know about that.
    Once they do however, THEN it’s their fault.

  • @modisess26
    @modisess26 3 года назад +17

    This is why we can't have nice things.

  • @weirdvlogs4200
    @weirdvlogs4200 3 года назад +22

    Next time, I'll just do all the drugs I have before I leave home.

  • @sayittomyfaceidareyou8629
    @sayittomyfaceidareyou8629 3 года назад +14

    You know 40% of phytoplankton has diminished since 1950. Its just a matter of time before we lose all phytoplankton, phytoplankton is almost 70% of our oxygen. Most of our oxygen, 90% comes from the ocean and phytoplankton.

    • @marknorris3769
      @marknorris3769 3 года назад +1

      i didn't know that thank you

    • @TheBuckeyeFarm
      @TheBuckeyeFarm 3 года назад +3

      Tulum is a water drop, in a ocean of problems. Hard to find a water source world wide that hasn't been effected by Humans. Micro plastics in every drop!

    • @marknorris3769
      @marknorris3769 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBuckeyeFarm truly horrifying , and forever chemicals , pfas , the man made earth toxins seem infinite

    • @alexcontreras6103
      @alexcontreras6103 3 года назад

      actually 65-80%

  • @chewba2008
    @chewba2008 3 года назад +9

    Such beauty must be preserved at all costs for the future generations to enjoy!

  • @macruzoscar8633
    @macruzoscar8633 3 года назад +9

    How tf they don't have a proper sewage system in 2021?

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад +4

      Because it costs money and takes organization.... do you really think that a corrupt country like Mexico is going to do it? Why do you think that only 10% of facilities are hooked up to the sewage system?

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais 3 года назад +1

    Vice is like a journalistic steamroller that leaves casualties all along the road, from eco hippies and cellphone goggling bikers, to developers and drug cartels. All the while delivering balanced reporting and valuable, necessary insight to us internet folk. Fantastic!

  • @jameshobbs
    @jameshobbs 3 года назад +3

    I spent a decade as a dive instructor in this area. This makes me want to cry.

  • @sebastianwalls7001
    @sebastianwalls7001 3 года назад +6

    Oh Tulum, prices like Monaco, streets like Senegal, and security like Gaza

  • @DandyDaniP
    @DandyDaniP 3 года назад +8

    I’ve traveled to Tulum and was an experience of a lifetime. I learned so much about the Mayan culture. I was so excited to see the ruins and get a better understanding of the culture! While I was at the Tulum ruins, I saw people crossing over the ropes just to get that perfect “shot for the gram”. We were told by the guides not to touch the turtles, however that rule was broken as well....it’s important to listen and be respectful. It’s always important as guests in another country to travel with intention rather than for attention.

  • @fjm1061
    @fjm1061 3 года назад +5

    They never heard of water treatment plants!? They just dump sewage right into the water table and gasp at the destruction?

    • @efolinsky
      @efolinsky 2 года назад

      Clearly you didn't watch the video

  • @johnblackhorn
    @johnblackhorn 3 года назад +1

    thank you #ViceNews for going back to making content worth the time. You got a viewer back

  • @2011blueman
    @2011blueman 3 года назад +6

    Title of video is clickbait, this is about Mexico not building basic infrastructure to support a city like waste treatment plants.

  • @098765432qwertyuiop
    @098765432qwertyuiop 3 года назад +9

    Can confirm, swam in a cenote, got sick for a week !

  • @tgi1107
    @tgi1107 3 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for doing this film and highlighting how drug use and this form of partying can effect the environment we mean to connect to.

    • @cvetkojovcevski645
      @cvetkojovcevski645 2 года назад

      it does more than just harm the enviroment. it effects everything around you

  • @jaelynn7575
    @jaelynn7575 3 года назад +2

    This is so sad. I went there in 1992 and even back then at Xel-Ha lagoon, the water was blurry due to sunscreen. Am so glad I was there before it turned into this!

  • @VanessaDiazNYC
    @VanessaDiazNYC 3 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for exposing this. It breaks my heart that such a gorgeous sleepy town has turned into a tourist trap. Corporations and other money interests are killing the environment.

  • @SnowTiger45
    @SnowTiger45 3 года назад +11

    This is sad.
    Ignorance and Criminal Behavior will be the end of this beautiful place.

  • @peterwhite034
    @peterwhite034 3 года назад +2

    I'm sure the local wildlife loves pounding bass music

  • @tarvoro
    @tarvoro 2 года назад

    I'm glad I saw this video. Because I'm planning a trip to Mexico next in January, so at least I know about this and hopefully can avoid being part of the problem.

  • @timothye5936
    @timothye5936 3 года назад +3

    What a shame, Tulum used to be pristine, diving in those cenotes is still a vivid memory

  • @Dankman9
    @Dankman9 3 года назад +4

    First time I went to Tulum was about 12 years ago, crazy what's happened since then.

  • @MrDebriefing
    @MrDebriefing 3 года назад

    But your just swimming in our drinking water 😂😂😂 like that’s good for the water 🤣🤣🤣 I like your logic

  • @AlvieeG
    @AlvieeG 3 года назад +1

    I went down there in 2018 with my wife, and I spoke to a taxi driver who said he likes the business tourism brings ..but his town is growing too fast for it to be able to be sustainable, and he regrets it became such a hot spot.

  • @shengvue1951
    @shengvue1951 3 года назад +35

    This is quality journalism. VICE you’ve done it again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @robinsharkey6658
      @robinsharkey6658 3 года назад +1

      You've missed the boat on vice. They made great stuff a decade ago, now it's just lame.

    • @shengvue1951
      @shengvue1951 3 года назад +2

      @@robinsharkey6658 so why are you here? 😕

    • @robinsharkey6658
      @robinsharkey6658 3 года назад +1

      @@shengvue1951 to downvote. You know that the founder of a racist/sexist hate group was a co-founder of vice right?

    • @daedae1522
      @daedae1522 3 года назад +1

      @@robinsharkey6658 😂 ok but you still come here? You think your one like downvote matters ? They report on the same stuff, I bet your like the other people that hates when they do stories about America. Because America is not corrupt at all ?

    • @robinsharkey6658
      @robinsharkey6658 3 года назад

      @@daedae1522 not American, do not care about America.

  • @PayamK91
    @PayamK91 3 года назад +5

    Shame. I was there for a wedding this place definitely has a special "vibe" to it. Unfortunately the streets are flooded with trash and the stench of poop especially when it rains.

  • @pintsizedfury
    @pintsizedfury 3 года назад

    Start with any resort must have their own waste water treatment plant and ban ALL plastic bottles. Oh and Thank you Vice for yet another informative video. I enjoy these.

  • @maganjasan
    @maganjasan 3 года назад

    15/20 years ago tulum was pure magic, the last unspoiled gem of the carribean. R.I.P Santa Fe

  • @dannyaldama5228
    @dannyaldama5228 3 года назад +7

    People need to respect Mayan Territories and other Indigenous sacred Lands.

  • @hmalik5232
    @hmalik5232 3 года назад +4

    They need to treat their sewage, then they can put it back into the natural water system or continue to use the same water as long as it’s clean and safe

  • @siphious2911
    @siphious2911 3 года назад +2

    Are we gonna forget that the Hamas interview was swiftly taken down and hasn't been up yet?

  • @GladysAlicea
    @GladysAlicea 3 года назад +1

    The same thing happened in the Galápagos Islands. Heartbreaking.

  • @n00dles79
    @n00dles79 3 года назад +4

    Wait wait ... if I visit a place and the toilet system flushes to the aquifer, that isn’t my fault. That’s YOUR fault. YOU built the plumbing with shortcuts and incorrectly from the start. There needs to be oversight and laws, rules, penalties.

  • @ANTONIAXELRIV
    @ANTONIAXELRIV 3 года назад +4

    Ok... but as a Mexican economist there’s no waaaay 80% of GDP comes from here

    • @guillermodefrancisco750
      @guillermodefrancisco750 3 года назад

      I know, when I heard that I almost burst laughing. That woman is probably the biggest drug user in town, or her brain has been severely damaged some other way.

    • @guillermodefrancisco750
      @guillermodefrancisco750 3 года назад

      Although she didn't say from there, she said from tourism. But, still ridiculous since it really is about 8%

  • @ryanm2648
    @ryanm2648 3 года назад

    Vice journalism has gotten so much better recently

  • @deniseweideman1974
    @deniseweideman1974 3 года назад +1

    How are these Hotels allowed to be built without their own water treatment facilities? Maybe the Cartels should go into Construction Permits and Enforcement and do something good for a change... geez heartbreaking

  • @WayneBraack
    @WayneBraack 3 года назад +3

    Human beings are forever developing beautiful natural areas and destroying them in the process. What we should be doing is not developing the area but developing outside of it the people can go see it without it being destroyed.

    • @andrewholler6463
      @andrewholler6463 3 года назад

      That happened already. It was Cancun for years. Then too many people so it started to move down to Playa del Carmen. Now it has moved further south to Tulum. Everyone who is familiar with the area says Bacalar is currently what Tulum was a decade ago. So I assume Bacalar will be the next stop of development.

  • @everythingisfine9988
    @everythingisfine9988 3 года назад +11

    I've always wanted to visit this place. But if the water is polluted, I won't visit. The whole point of going are the cenotes

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 3 года назад

      Right? It's not like Mexico was ever known for clean drinking water.

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 3 года назад +6

      @@samanthab1923
      Thats not how it works Sheila. In Mexico tap water is used to clean stuff, for drinking water you use Garrafones. The infraestructure needed to have your tap water be purified before it reaches your sink is too expensive for the majority of Mexicans thats why tap water isnt used for drinking or cooking in most homes. I know your racist mind wont change at all though.

    • @Zenboy23
      @Zenboy23 3 года назад +2

      Good, one less polluting tourist.

    • @samanthab1923
      @samanthab1923 3 года назад

      Does this come as a surprise to all of you?

    • @AndalusianLuis
      @AndalusianLuis 3 года назад +1

      @@samanthab1923 go back to Facebook boomer

  • @ckkiffin
    @ckkiffin 3 года назад +1

    is there like a usda equivalent certification that hotels have on their website that shows they're are sustainably operating?

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад

      Mexico is totally corrupt - it wouldn't mean anything even if they did. Pay an "inspector" a few thousand pesos and they'd happily provide whatever certification you want.

  • @Maurazio
    @Maurazio 3 года назад

    funny thing is that you cannot even reach the coast/zona hoteliera anymore because there only 1 small road with so many hotels. If something bad happens you can be sure no ambulance is going to get there in time. Now they are building more inland, but are they thinking on how those people are gonna reach the coast?

  • @anthonylezama1645
    @anthonylezama1645 3 года назад +9

    6:20 meanwhile actual mayan people are there working for living wages while tourists and partiers make a mess, a mess for them to clean. Want to get a better understanding of the Mayan culture? Then by all means keep partying in the jungle and dont bother talking to a Local or expert

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 3 года назад

      Toni, its quite telling that the bio phd talking are the most gringo looking people

  • @tametagru179
    @tametagru179 3 года назад +8

    Go for sustainability ,Save Tulum,✋✋

  • @URL-IRL
    @URL-IRL 3 года назад

    Viceeee, keep it going

  • @ludensoldetailing
    @ludensoldetailing 3 года назад

    This is the sad truth. I noticed a difference just after going a month and a half apart. My first trip in November was nothing like going back in December. The amount of pollution and people was ridiculous.

  • @GamerbyDesign
    @GamerbyDesign 3 года назад +3

    We really went and built a new area before we had proper infrastructure for sewage? Truly most people can't think half a step ahead.

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад

      It happens in most places.... that's why strong government regulation is needed, but you won't see that in corrupt countries like Mexico and most of the world.

  • @dreoneful
    @dreoneful 3 года назад +5

    We don't care unless it affects us directly and that's our problem

  • @mrquelowhat274
    @mrquelowhat274 3 года назад +2

    Just came back from vacationing in Tulum/playa del Carmen. Avoid at all costs. Tons of seaweed at the moment, beaches were not clear at all and foul smell because of the seaweed. Maybe in a few months it’ll clear

  • @berniebleak
    @berniebleak 3 года назад +1

    Wow I was here in 2012 I saw 2 hippies and one snake, looks like it’s changed a lot.

  • @nonculus
    @nonculus 3 года назад +4

    I want to become a Marine biologist but sometimes I wonder if its even worth it of you see that nobody is listening to you

  • @shs646
    @shs646 3 года назад +6

    The cartels should be paying for any conservation work

  • @arafathosen7306
    @arafathosen7306 3 года назад +2

    Extraordinary 🥰

  • @yousignify
    @yousignify 3 года назад

    I remember the Serpent tv series this would definitely one of his favorite place lol

  • @RespectPowerMoney
    @RespectPowerMoney 3 года назад +4

    Waste water management system is the answer for saving Marines life ☝️

  • @apeman9238
    @apeman9238 3 года назад +3

    Viva Mexico🇲🇽

    • @j.fo.v5260
      @j.fo.v5260 3 года назад

      No por esto pendajo

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 3 года назад

      @@j.fo.v5260 ¿quien, yo?

  • @veganpotterthevegan
    @veganpotterthevegan 3 года назад +2

    Responsible tourism means not flying anywhere. That's the very worst part of all this. Flying is the most destructive single act that people do

    • @purplespaceship2417
      @purplespaceship2417 3 года назад

      And no one, NO BODY wants to acknowledge this. Even my family who are otherwise extremely educated, self-aware and environmentally conscious people, especially in comparison to the "average" person, they refuse to acknowledge that the emissions for a trans-atlantic flight for ONE person is the equivalent of driving a car for an entire year. And buying "off-sets" doesn't make that just go away. This planet needs a massive die-off in human beings if it has any hope in being saved.

  • @bcx1138
    @bcx1138 3 года назад +1

    i also remember the caribbean b4 the accidental introduction of lion fish

  • @tecpaocelotl
    @tecpaocelotl 3 года назад +3

    My parents would go there a lot decades ago bc it was relaxing and there was almost no Americans. Sadly, that's all that there's now.

  • @Gunzberg
    @Gunzberg 3 года назад +6

    A planet without humanity, soon we will make it a reality. Shame we will drag down every other species with us.

    • @pauls4742
      @pauls4742 3 года назад

      Yup, we're doing a good job on that !

  • @ManuelCastillo-pr6sl
    @ManuelCastillo-pr6sl 3 года назад +1

    I lived in Tulum, and its the perfect example of humans trashing nature,.. and yes, there is cartels fighting over.. I was in a beach club and gun fires in front of my eyes.. in no time I was running away carrying my two toddlers.. scary moment..

  • @dead_beatbunny
    @dead_beatbunny 3 года назад

    So sad to see this. I went to Tulum 20 years ago and it was beautiful and very few people around.

  • @MetalRush666
    @MetalRush666 3 года назад +3

    Stop destroying our home. It's all we have.

  • @bums009
    @bums009 3 года назад +3

    This is why i don't vacation in 3rd world or developing countries. It's almost always exploitative, no matter how you look at it.
    The only exception i would make is if I went to the developing country my dad was born in. I'd probably still feel uncomfortable though.

  • @FloridaManScents
    @FloridaManScents 3 года назад

    Was there in August and cenotes

  • @Nigelblau
    @Nigelblau 3 года назад +1

    Did vice take down a video about Mexico and Los Zetas? It was uploaded like yesterday or the day before but pooof it’s gone..

  • @isaiahlaitinen
    @isaiahlaitinen 3 года назад +3

    Dear people: learn the difference between hippies and hipsters.

  • @mahu4284
    @mahu4284 3 года назад +4

    I wonder if this is what caused my daughter's sickness, esp after the hurricane.

  • @Ti0midwest
    @Ti0midwest 3 года назад

    Cool story bro tell again ...

  • @oswa2702
    @oswa2702 3 года назад +1

    My beautiful Mexico 😭🇲🇽

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  • @bigraviolees
    @bigraviolees 3 года назад +3

    Bad water is a issue everywhere. Greed is everywhere. In the US greed is spelled GOP. We need to go to war with the greedy and lazy. Infrastructure hmm now who fights against paying for it?

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 3 года назад

      You understand how debt and inflation work right? There's a reason that the GOP are against Biden's $5 trillion infrastructure bill. Where tf are we going to get the money from?? We just had several trillion dollar stimulus bills passed back to back in the last year. Inflation is going to go through the roof and the US dollar will become worthless. We will be in another Great Depression.. You can't just keep printing money..

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      @bigraviolees 3 года назад

      @@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath you sure are the horse manure propaganda didn't you? Debt never matters when GOP hold power but when Dems do they ham up it's threat, their is none. The piked it on in trillions Trump breaks to the rich. Most stmiulus went to bs like cruise ships in lybia and paying off catholic church pedofile fines. The GOP feed the rich then say they can't help anyone. It's lies

  • @pdvision2194
    @pdvision2194 3 года назад +2

    Why not send the water to a treatment plant vs just flushing directly into the water table? 2+2=4

    • @JJ-hx9wm
      @JJ-hx9wm 3 года назад

      My guess is they probably don't have one cause the local government is corrupt

  • @raylopez99
    @raylopez99 3 года назад

    @2:20 nice underwater camera shots. Good luck saving this paradise, money comes first in Mexico. It might be saved in about 20 years after some more development.