Quintana Roo has pulled more than 105,000 tons of sargassum from its coast in 2026, already past last year's record. Tulum remains among the beaches with the heaviest accumulations.
Federal fees changed on July 17, and the Tulum ruins entrance fee now runs 80 pesos for Mexicans and 265 for foreigners. Sellers working the highway turnoff have no say in it.
The Tulum Lobster Festival brings four contests to Punta Allen and the town center on August 21, 22, and 23. Cooking entries close on Wednesday, and the top plate takes 4,000 pesos.
Maya Train Section 5 gained two round trips this week, six months after a federal court ordered Profepa to inspect and protect the same stretch. Here is what that order requires.
More than 300 taxi drivers, tourist police officers, and service workers passed through Sedetur's Tulum tourism training this week, as the state put local hotel occupancy at 15%.
Tulum beach hotels are studying whether to operate only outside the sargassum season, after cleanup costs, weak occupancy, and a 274,000-passenger drop at Cancún airport in June.
Rides to Akumal, Cobá, Muyil, and Puerto Aventuras run through August 23, and a 100-peso wristband is required. The full Moto Fest Tulum 2026 program, day by day.
Electric carts again link the traditional entrance to the Tulum Archaeological Zone for 20 pesos, the first Tulum Renace promise visitors can actually board.
Sea turtle hatchlings appeared dead on a Tulum beach, and photos show five more in a Plaza Andador trash bin. The Ecology office opened a file that could be sent to Profepa.
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Morena's founder in Quintana Roo placed Maya communities at the heart of a sovereignty assembly in Tulum, backing President Sheinbaum and warning of disinformation campaigns.
Attackers on motorcycles killed a man known as El Moreno outside his home in Carlos Joaquín González, the second fatal Tulum shooting in four days. No arrests have been announced.
NASA satellite data ranks the 2026 Sargassum belt just behind 2025, while the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico both broke records and Quintana Roo crews removed 93,000 tons.
Twenty-five bakeries made the MexBest 2026 public ballot. One bakes sourdough in La Veleta. Italdo returns for a second straight year, up against the last two champions.
Mexico's Visit México portal now sells Tren Maya tickets, Mexicana flights, and Mundo Maya hotel rooms in a single checkout, and Tulum appears on all three networks.
Over three decades of sea turtle conservation along the Riviera Maya and Tulum have protected 303,586 nests, and females are now returning to the beaches where they hatched.
Bare bus bars, open breaker boxes, and meters lying in rubble show how electrical safety in Tulum depends on installations no one routinely inspects and few owners maintain.
An anonymous complaint reported dead sea turtle hatchlings in a Tulum trash container. The city alerted prosecutors and Profepa and asked them to review the plaza cameras.
ADO is finishing a 37 million peso terminal beside Tulum's ruins. The new ADO terminal will run around the clock, with direct routes to the airport and Cancún.
Quintana Roo and Tulum authorities urged the public to avoid any purchase, sale, or rental tied to Ocean Tulum, a development they say operates without required permits.
Daniel Palma won by decision, and Fernando Barrera lost a four-rounder marked by a point deduction as Tulum Fight Club split the night at Anhelo de Campeón 13.
Guides and merchants say jaladores are back at the Tulum ruins and stepping into Highway 307 lanes, three months after a permanent surveillance operation was announced.
The World Wellness Weekend arrives in Tulum for the first time on September 18 to 20, with free activities across town and an August 15 deadline to register events.
Mexico's Tourism Ministry will demolish the entrance wall at Parque del Jaguar and start a tourist corridor in 2026. Faster access, artisan stalls, and no budget yet.
The Tulum shooting in La Veleta came three weeks after federal officials stood in the town and reported two straight months without a homicide. Prosecutors have named no motive and no suspects.
Rides to Cobá and Muyil, seven concert nights and a 100-peso wristband. Moto Fest Tulum runs August 7 to 23, and organizers expect up to 7,000 visitors.
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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