Cancún to Launch New MOBI Route to Hotel Zone With Eight Days of Free Service

Cancún, Quintana Roo — Cancún will add a new public transit link to its Hotel Zone starting Monday, Nov. 16, when the MOBI system (Movilidad del Bienestar Quintanarroense) begins service between La Rehoyada and the beachfront hotel strip.

Rides on the new route will be free through Nov. 23 so that residents and visitors can learn the route and get used to how the service works, officials said.

Buses will run every day from 4 a.m. to 1 a.m., hours designed to serve workers heading to the tourist zone before dawn and those traveling home late at night.

Stops Along the Route

The route will connect several of the city’s main commercial, tourist and service areas, including:

• The ADO bus terminal
• Plaza Las Tiendas
• Kilómetro 0 of the Hotel Zone
• Kukulcán Plaza
• Playa Delfines

The connection offers a new alternative for tourism workers, residents and visitors who need to move daily between central Cancún and Kukulcán Boulevard.

Electronic Payment Options

As part of the modernization of the city’s public transit, MOBI will accept several forms of electronic payment. Passengers can use a digital ticket, or e-Ticket, generated through the system’s mobile app, a rechargeable MOBI card, or contactless credit and debit cards.

MOBI cards will be available at authorized retailers including OXXO, 7-Eleven, Abarrotes Dunosusa and GoMart. Riders will be able to top up their cards at those stores as well as at SIX and Willys shops.

The free-ride period is also intended to help passengers identify the main stops, learn the schedules and adapt to the electronic payment tools before fares take effect on Nov. 24.

The Rehoyada–Hotel Zone route is part of the expansion of the MOBI system in Cancún, a strategy officials say is meant to improve connections between different parts of the city and give new options to the thousands of people who rely on public transportation every day.