Cheaper Jaguar Park entry may be reaching inland communities
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
Visitors say lots advertising free Tulum ruins parking honor the offer only if you buy a tour, a meal or a souvenir. Refuse, and they are asked to move the car.
Hotel occupancy has fallen more than 20 percent since May. The municipal tourism office is staking the Tulum tourism recovery on 40 cenotes, four winter routes and a Michelin pitch.
Water up to four degrees warmer and a record sargassum season have put hard numbers on the Riviera Maya climate crisis and on the limits of Mexico's cleanup plan.
Tulum's environmental office is asking residents to stay calm after a wild feline in La Veleta appeared on security cameras, one of at least five recent wildlife sightings in the neighborhood.
The army's Grupo Mundo Maya hotels published their 2026 rate card. A night runs 1,155 pesos near Tulum airport in low season and 3,332 beside the ruins for the holidays.
The Tulum judo team from the municipal sports schools brought home 10 medals from a national tournament in Oaxaca, and one young athlete won two of them.
Crews clear sargassum in Tulum daily at Playa Conchitas, where sea turtle nests share the shoreline and the state has logged its heaviest season on record.
The municipality now hauls a third of what it collected in peak season, and public services links the fall in Tulum garbage collection directly to emptier hotels and restaurants.
Tulum tour touts still intercept cars at the ruins entrance and push 900-peso packages, months into a federal plan built on cheaper access and restored visitor trust.
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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Guides, access updates, regulations, and practical planning around cenotes and the Tulum archaeological zone.
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Coverage of public beach access, coastal restrictions, closures, and the balance between tourism and public space.
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