The major tourist areas of Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Cozumel, Mexico, escaped relatively unscathed from the fury of Hurricane Dean, which made landfall as a Category 5 storm near Costa Maya and Majahual, some 225 miles south of Cancun. Tourists had largely evacuated the three major coastal areas by the time Dean roared ashore before dawn Tuesday, with some 75,000 tourists fleeing by air or to more secure areas inland by car or charter busses, according to the Mexico Tourism Board. Those who couldn’t or decided not to get out rode out the storm in their hotels or at the airports. Hotels in Mexico are mostly open for business and reported minimal damage, and airlines are making their return to the affected areas. Resorts in Cancun, Cozumel and Playa del Carmen that did sustain damage reported mostly broken windows and blown sand. Damage to Costa Maya, the Mexican cruise port near the border of Belize where Hurricane Dean made landfall, is still being assessed, said Cesar Lizarraga, Costa Maya’s director of sales and marketing. Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, the Mexican airport group that operates several of the country’s top airports, said the Cancun, Cozumel and Merida airports have resumed operations and reported minimal or no damage.