Mexico to get world's largest underwater museum
Mexico to get world's largest underwater museum
An underwater museum is set to open in Mexico. The underwater museum in Cancun will the largest of its kind in the world.
The Subaquatic Sculpture Museum will start to take shape in November, reports The Daily Mail. The first of 400 sculptures will soon be put in place for holidaymakers renting
Mexico villas to visit.
The sculptures will be placed off the coast of the
Yucatan Peninsula and have been designed so as not to damage the marine environment. The figures will be made from PH neutral concrete and should encourage coral reefs and aquatic life to grow around them.
It is hoped that Mexico's underwater museum will tempt snorkellers away from the West Coast National Park, where existing coral reefs are being damaged. "The underwater museum will draw many tourists, allowing us to give a rest to the natural reefs," explained the Park's director Jaime Gonzalez. He added that tourists had been known to climb and walk on the corals, causing them to shatter.
The reefs should also become more resistant to hurricane damage as a result of being rested. Extreme weather is an increasing concern for the region.
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