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Mayan Train Tickets Will Cost More For Tourists Than For Locals

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Thu, 09/23/2021 - 18:30

The price for a ticket on the Mayan Train will change depending on whether the ticket holder is a tourist or a local, according to FONATUR Director General Rogelio Jiménez Pons in an exclusive interview with El Financiero. Although Jiménez Pons did not divulge the final price of a ticket, he claimed that FONATUR was planning to make sure that ticket prices for local residents of each stop would be roughly equivalent to that of public transportation, while prices for tourists could be worth  ten times that amount. 

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