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Public agencies and private tourism organizations in Tela, Atlántida, joined forces on Saturday to clear sargassum seaweed from the municipal beach, removing accumulated algae that degrades the coastal environment and affects the tourist industry.

As sargassum seaweed threatens Honduras's most-visited beach destination ahead of the Morazán holiday, Tela's municipal government has activated cleanup crews and contingency plans to protect tourism and public access to the shoreline.

Tela is preparing to welcome approximately 200,000 tourists during Morazán Week (October 7–10), one of the year's peak tourism seasons, with about 60% of visitors coming from central Honduras departments.

Tela's municipality presented plans for a 1.5-kilometer linear park along a defunct canal, a tourism pier for boats and yachts, and a bike path to improve public spaces and marine-based tourism, though projects remain in design phase pending permits and financing.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry (SIT) is driving construction of a yacht marina in Tela, with a shopping center and hotel also projected, in a development officials say will attract domestic and foreign tourists.