The Parque del Jaguar seizure of Cinco Tulum and Las Palmas remains unexplained three weeks on, and workers in the protected area fear their businesses could be next.
A resident says the SAT billed him for a Tulum payroll salary he never received. City hall promises a meeting as audits expose ghost employees left by past administrations.
City crews will overhaul the Tulum soccer field at the Unidad Deportiva, from goals to perimeter fencing, after Mayor Castañón walked the site to shape the project.
Mayor Diego Castañón rejected rumors of privatization and defended Free Access, the deal that provides 25 free Tulum beach access points through hotels along 8.5 kilometers of coast.
President Sheinbaum plans a four-day Quintana Roo swing, with a mañanera from Tulum, housing deed deliveries, and a sargassum briefing in Cancún, according to a preliminary agenda.
Tulum hotel occupancy is stuck at 41.5 percent with the summer vacation period days away, and downtown hoteliers say the reservations that usually arrive by now simply have not.
Merchants who once paid cartels now describe extortion in Tulum by police and inspectors, while a record sargassum season deepens the town's economic strain.
The Tulum tourism decline has business leaders demanding urgent fee deferrals and zero-interest credits as sargassum, high lodging costs, and security concerns keep visitors away.
Tulum extortion complaints grow as business owners and foreign tourists accuse inspectors and traffic officers of demanding payments, deepening the destination's economic slump.
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Mexicana de Aviación will add eight flights to Tulum this summer as governments and some 85 local businesses push to bring Mexican travelers back to the destination.
One resident argues that fixing Tulum does not start at the beach. It starts with reliable power, a pause on empty building, and travelers who stay all year.
Summer was meant to revive tourism in Tulum. Instead, tour operators say they are operating at 10% capacity, squeezed by sargassum and Jaguar Park access fees.
Tulum's Anticorruption Commission says more than 50 public servants have been removed over corruption complaints, while the municipal treasurer faces a separate federal case.
The Xel Há archaeological zone near Tulum has reopened after conservation work, closing the state's PROMEZA program and adding two new Maya Train museums nearby.
When high season returns, many small hotels in Tulum drop the local customers who carried them through the quiet months. A guest columnist argues the habit has a hidden cost.
Tulum treasurer Vicente Aldape Moncada resigned after National Guard officers detained him at Cancún airport over alleged firearms, leaving the case with federal prosecutors.
International routes at Tulum airport have collapsed from 12 to four in 2026, but a new Mexicana deal brings eight summer flights and a domestic tourism push.
Faena Tulum has spent months courting Manhattan's luxury buyers through an exclusive alliance with Serhant, a marketing move rarely seen from a Riviera Maya development.
Imoveqroo says Didi, inDrive, and ITaxi now operate legally, while Uber remains in a legal impasse. Ride-hailing apps in Quintana Roo are losing three to four cars per week to impound lots.
More than 60 Parque del Jaguar layoffs left Tulum workers without income after Grupo Mundo Maya let their short-term contracts expire unrenewed.
The Hartwood restaurant fire started in the palapa and drew firefighters and Civil Protection crews, who contained it with material damage and no reported injuries.
A new agreement with Mexicana de Aviación adds eight summer flights and discounted packages, the centerpiece of a Tulum tourism recovery plan backed by more than 75 businesses.
The Tren Maya Tulum hotel, the largest in the army-run chain with 352 rooms, is running nearly empty, and Sedena has acknowledged the shortfall in its own contracts.
Tulum's summer security operation puts police, firefighters, and civil protection crews across the hotel zone and tourist sites through the peak vacation weeks.
Nearly 300 residents formed Tulum Unido, a citizen movement demanding transparency, accountability, and fairer business license rules from the municipal government.
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