According to Javier Arranda, director of the Riviera Maya tourism office, efforts continue to be made to win approval for establishing at the Cancun airport customs and immigration pre-clearance for U.S. bound travelers. This would allow planes to fly to any airport in the United States, international or not. Since clearance already would have taken place, on arrival passengers could simply pick up their luggage and head for home. Preclearance is available at several airports in Canada and the Caribbean. According to Arranda, objections have been voiced by nationalists in Mexico who do not want foreign authorities operating on Mexican soil.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting from Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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