How a seaweed bloom is affecting tourism in Mexico

In Mexico, a record surge of brown, smelly seaweed known as sargassum has blanketed the idyllic coastline.

Record seaweed blankets Mexico's Caribbean coast, threatening tourism and the environment  Reuters

TULUM, Mexico, July 28 - A record wave of brown, smelly seaweed is washing up on beaches along Mexico's Caribbean coast, forcing closures in top tourist destinations and inflicting mounting economic damage on hotels, restaurants and shops.

Workers are seen lining many beaches, knee-deep in seaweed shoveling heaps of sargassum off the shoreline