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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Three unions that run the Tulum to Playa del Carmen vans agreed to a 30-day rotation, with two working and one resting each day, as ridership falls.
Witnesses describe an attack on a Tulum tortilla shop that never happened. The gunman's magazine hit the pavement, and he rode away. No injuries, no arrests, no official account.
Numbeo puts rent, power, internet, and a phone in Tulum at 12,430 pesos a month. The rest of the cost of living in Tulum, priced line by line for 2026.
Tulum airport to Tulum town costs 175 pesos on the ADO coach, priced at launch, or over 1,000 pesos in a taxi. Coach times, the train, rentals, and what runs after dark.
The SMN is watching three areas of the Atlantic for cyclone development. None threatens the coast, but the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is entering its most active stretch.
Federal figures put dengue in Quintana Roo at 196 confirmed cases, eight of them severe, while chikungunya returns after a year without a single infection.
Tulum airport deportation flights returned at least 150 Mexicans last week. Most arrived without belongings or money, relying on family to buy the tickets that would get them home.
Tulum sargassum arrivals have thinned after days of rain, and the mayor plans beach videos every two days. Specialists say the improvement is real but far from uniform.
Tulum women business owners in the Amexme chapter say not one of their 20 companies has closed, even as the destination posts its lowest hotel occupancy on record.
Tipping in Tulum runs 10 to 15 percent, and no bill may force it. Who to tip, how much, why pesos beat dollars, and what Profeco does about servicio.
A temporary resident visa for Mexico is granted abroad, exchanged at INM within 30 days, and priced at 1,847 pesos. What Tulum applicants should clear before booking the appointment.
Prosecutors opened a homicide case after a Tulum taxi driver was shot dead at kilometer 12.5 of the Cobá highway. He has not been publicly identified.
Tulum tourism fell through 2026 while Mexico posted record arrivals. Airport routes, room rates, sargassum, and rents explain a correction that the winter schedule will finally measure.
After more than 20 years of shared dives, a signed agreement now supports underwater archaeology in Quintana Roo, extending to Tulum's Hoyo Negro and the region's deepest flooded caves.
Cruz Roja paramedics confirmed both deaths. The two men found dead in Tulum lots have no names, no ages, and no cause of death, and prosecutors have not linked the cases.
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