Cancun made by computer programmers

"The rumors are true. In 1974 (before you or I were born), the Mexican government got together a team of computer analysts to write a program designed to pick the best place to create a new tourist destination. The result of that early computer program: Cancun, a 16 mile sliver of uninhabited island in the Yucatan peninsula. Thirty years later: you have the number one spring break destination in the world. "

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