A three-page letter from Councilman Eugenio Barbachano answers Sectur’s Josefina Rodríguez, blaming the Tulum tourism crisis on federal megaprojects and missing basic services.
Grupo Mundo Maya has asked Semarnat to approve a 158-space Jaguar Park parking lot in Tulum, on land almost entirely within a federal preservation subzone.
The Tulum mural festival Horizontes Mexicanos runs from November 4 to 21, featuring 10 Mexican artists, 10 new murals, and its first guest country and international artist.
Airbnb lists more than 8,200 Tulum vacation rentals, compared with roughly 3,700 in state records, as hoteliers push for rules and landlords cut rents by up to 50 percent.
A Tulum Tourism Promotion Council cofounder wants to unite Tulum cave diving operators, specialists, and sponsors as Cancún and Playa del Carmen host the region’s dive events.
Tulum tour bookings are rising as sargassum thins on the coast. One sales agent expects diving to climb 35 to 40 percent in November and as much as 60 percent in December.
A Tulum cave collapse at Heaven’s Gate, inside the Sac Actun system, sent divers out through a cloud of silt and revived June warnings about road work over the caves.
Advocates seek 30,000 signatures to extend the Xcacel sea turtle sanctuary into the mangroves, cenotes, and jungle as part of Tulum’s ecological zoning update.
Scientists from three countries are mapping how the Yucatan aquifer connects, testing whether the flooded caves near Tulum belong to a far larger underground network.
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Tulum real estate is feeling the effects of the tourism slowdown, with empty rentals, stalled construction, and owners struggling to pay mortgages as a federal housing plan moves forward.
United flights to Tulum end January 4. Delta and American will be the only U.S. carriers left; Canadian airlines return for winter, and Mexico readies a 100% incentive plan.
Cars, pickups, and motorcycles crossed Jaguar Park beaches on Sunday, on sand where federal rules allow only turtle-monitoring vehicles, and Tulum’s nest count tops 6,000.
Tulum potholes reopen after every rain. Thin asphalt, waterlogged limestone bases, and cold patches explain why, and why older streets downtown still hold.
Day of the Dead in Tulum brought families to Calle Centauro, where Paseo Tulum merchants hosted a candy night, a children’s costume parade, and folk dance.
Certified cooks from Chetumal to Lázaro Cárdenas will serve smoke-kitchen dishes at Quintana Roo’s first traditional cooks gathering, two days at Tulum’s Parque del Jaguar.
Tulum cenote pollution has made some caves under the city too risky to survey, an instructor warns, stalling work to link Sac Actun and Ox Bel Ha and document Maya remains.
Bonsai Smokehouse in Tulum cures and smokes salmon and trout in La Veleta, a project born of a grandfather’s lox-and-bagel and a reunion 15 years in the making.
Ahead of Tulum Innovation Fest, The Wealth Within Her hosts Wealth Circle on November 2, a small facilitated conversation for women founders and investors about money and risk.
United Airlines Tulum flights from Houston and Newark end in January, after Aeroméxico, Volaris, and American cut service. Canadian carriers and Mexicana now anchor the winter schedule.
Tulum municipal finances closed 2025 with 464.3 million pesos in liabilities. A Banorte loan and supplier reports of months-long payment delays now put the treasury’s books under scrutiny.
The Janal Pixán exhibition in Tulum traces a day of the Maya celebration of the dead in 20 photographs, from cornfield harvests at dawn to candlelit cemetery visits.
A closed booth at the Jaguar Park checkpoint left one cashier handling cart fares at the Tulum ruins on Thursday, and service providers want more staff before winter.
A Tulum councilman wants the Visitax scrapped and asks the state to investigate websites charging up to 550 pesos for a fee officially set at 285 pesos.
The Tulum real estate market sold half as many homes in 2025 as in 2023. Specialists now point to retirees and remote workers as the buyers who could absorb the inventory.
Letras Itinerantes marked its 10th anniversary with 20,600 books delivered and 360 volunteers. Its founder, a San Silverio volunteer and a mother from Cobá, tells what that decade built.
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
Weather context, travel timing, seasonal changes, and planning guidance for visitors and residents.
Guides, access updates, regulations, and practical planning around cenotes and the Tulum archaeological zone.
Food, dining, beach clubs, and nightlife coverage for visitors looking for practical choices, current openings, and the mood of Tulum after dark.
Coverage of public beach access, coastal restrictions, closures, and the balance between tourism and public space.
Reporting on permits, construction, regulation, and major development decisions shaping Tulum’s urban growth and investment climate.
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