DjDiverDan
Contributor
Thanks, Christi. The "Powers that Be" very rarely appreciate the power of true free and open competition. It allows experimentation, innovation, new business models that provide better services that at least some consumers like and are willing to pay for. There is no single type of Cozumel lover - some like the broad white beaches and close in reefs and convenience of the AI's on the South End. Some like not only the diving, but the restaurants and opportunity to commingle with the locals of Downtown locations. Some want the beaches, the peace and solitude of the North Hotel zone. It makes a lot of sense to allow the businesses serving the tourist trade to experiment, provide other services, like shuttles and vans to Downtown or to Diving piers, to try to appeal to more customers. Letting the Taxi Union keep and abuse its monopoly on transportation just frustrates that kind of innovation, hurting everyone else. If only more Cozumelinos understood that basic truth, maybe the Taxi Union would find that it lacked the political power to frustrate innovation.