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All-inclusive resorts want you to forget their cheesy reputation
A new wave of all-inclusives serves up local culture far beyond the pool bar January 26, 2023 at 11:46 a.m. EST At the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte, guests can catch some rays in secluded coves along the river that runs through the Riveria Maya property. (Andrea Sachs/The Washington Post) Comment on this story Comment PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — On a hot and languid afternoon in this tourist town on the Caribbean Sea, a Mexican band dressed in Wrangler jeans and black cowboy hats performed poolside at Hotel Xcaret Arte, an all-inclusive resort. While guests sipped frosty drinks, the quintet sang about a guy who fell for a girl who…