Playa Conchita and Playa del Pueblo were audited in mid-August for their first Tulum beach certification. The evaluator graded glass, dunes, and lifeguards, not sargassum.
Tulum and Bacalar producers get municipal transport to sell their harvests in each other's towns without an intermediary. The same two mayors announced a version of this in 2025.
Reef-safe sunscreen has no legal meaning in Mexico. Around Tulum, the rule changes at every gate, from a bottle swap at the Xcaret parks to a flat ban posted at Sian Ka'an.
Seasonal closing is off the table, the hotel association says, because sargassum lands eight or nine months a year. What Tulum hotels spend, and what they want covered.
Quintana Roo gastronomy now means the milpa, the market, and the fisher, not only the dining rooms. What the state named in Tulum, and what the cooks got out of it.
Nafin and Bancomext are weighing sargassum plan financing for new collection ships and eroded beaches, with Quintana Roo hotels and small businesses in the same conversation.
Tulum hotel occupancy is projected at 50 to 55 percent for September and 80 to 85 percent by December, on reservations the CROC says hotels already hold after a collapsed summer.
Do not drink the tap water in Tulum. What it is fine for, what a garrafón costs, and why the aquifer under the town, not the tap itself, is the reason.
Eight Tulum restaurants received MICHELIN plaques on Friday, the largest share in Quintana Roo. Two hold a Bib Gourmand, six a recommendation, and none a star.
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Sea turtle hatchlings are now reaching the beaches of Quintana Roo, and two videos of people picking them up are under investigation. The state committee has set out what to do and what not to.
Tulum hotel occupancy has been too low to cover payroll since June. The hotel association says sargassum removal, the exchange rate, and fewer airline seats are all on the same bill.
More than 300 Maya pieces, 1,200 square meters and no ticket at the door. What the Tulum museum inside Parque del Jaguar still costs a foreign visitor to reach.
UN Tourism, Inmobilia and Thor Urbana place UMusic Hotel Tulum at the center of Tulum Renace, the federal strategy betting on culture to reactivate the destination.
Two Tulum colectivo stops on Highway 307 went quiet to ease congestion. Untrac says the bays may now be reserved for a single union, and riders are walking farther.
Three people detained in the city center on drug and weapons charges are now linked to the Tulum taxi driver murder, the state attorney general said. No motive has been made public.
Vacation rentals in Tulum have spread into irregular settlements, the hotel association says, and no census exists to count them. Five registries would answer it. None has been crossed.
Zofemat says Tulum beach erosion is not the fault of sargassum crews. A Caribbean study of removed seaweed found 61 percent of the volume was sand.
Calle 7 Tulum is a construction site again. Curbs and sidewalks are going in, the center of the street is still broken, and no completion date has been given.
Quintana Roo's prosecutor announced four Tulum homicide arrests, including a Canadian national and a 17-year-old, in cases tied to the killings of a taxi driver and another man.
Tulum artisan sales are moving again in Macario Gómez and Francisco Uh May. Ilaria Poot puts the increase at 5 to 10 percent and calls it too early to name a recovery.
Driving in Mexico with a foreign license is legal in Quintana Roo as long as the card is valid. The insurance rule, the papers to carry, and the 180-day limit.
Repatriation flights at Tulum airport now move 1,000 to 1,200 passengers a month onto ADO buses, a flow the company says did not exist a year ago.
Routes vanished, occupancy fell, and prices bent. The case for Tulum real estate investment now runs through absorption, a water permit, and a 13-route winter schedule.
Two trains, two days, and 1,631 pesos in premier class. A first ride on the Tren Maya from Tulum to Palenque, from dining car tamales to the night service that does not yet exist.
Tulum taxi fares for short night trips run from 80 to 480 pesos, riders say. Drivers point at outsiders, users want a posted tariff, and the state has promised to regulate.
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Coverage of public beach access, coastal restrictions, closures, and the balance between tourism and public space.
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