Tourists Say Tulum Police Charged Them 20,000 Pesos for a 3,800 Peso Fine
Tulum police extortion is reported by visitors every day. What the municipal traffic rulebook actually authorizes, what a fine costs, and where to report an officer.
Tulum police extortion is reported by visitors every day. What the municipal traffic rulebook actually authorizes, what a fine costs, and where to report an officer.
A federal judge dismissed the legal challenge to the Sac Actun road without ruling on the environmental exemption behind it. Elijo por el Clima can still appeal to a collegiate court.
Tulum Renace moves from announcement to demolition this week at Parque del Jaguar, while the count of winter air routes still changes depending on which tourism office is speaking.
The first Tulum mountain bike race under the Xibalbá name puts more than 100,000 pesos into prizes and stops at 500 riders, a ceiling the organizer set for safety.
Imoveqroo says the 24-zone fare board Tulum's taxi union published is not authorized, and that taximeters in Tulum are the answer. One La Veleta fare rose from 31 pesos to 100 pesos.
Opemsa published the official results of the Tulum 100 at Tulum International Airport, with 22,783 attendees, 200 million pesos for the region, and a UN Tourism presentation next week.
A 24-zone table has pushed Tulum taxi fares as high as 100 pesos on rides the state priced at 31 pesos. It shows no agreement number, signature, or stamp.
Bringing a pet to Mexico changed on August 3, 2026. Dogs need a new US screwworm inspection; cats do not, and the return trip has its own rules.
Coworking spaces in Tulum run from about 14 dollars a day to 22 dollars a day, and monthly memberships from 150 to 300. What the price does not cover is the outage.
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Tiburones del Caribe says its Tulum taxi app will launch on the Play Store in about 10 days, featuring fares for cruising cabs and schedules for the colectivos.
For a decade, the Diablillas Mestizas have played softball in huipiles and barefoot in Honduras. Their catcher is a third-generation player, and a Zona Maya final is waiting.
Tulum hotel occupancy should turn in November, three weeks after the hotel association last placed the recovery in October. Fewer airline seats are available in the meantime.
Motorcycle noise in Tulum returned to the municipal agenda nearly four months after an operation against modified exhausts, with residents asking why the checks stopped and the noise did not.
Tulum's Señorita Independencia 2026 and her two fellow titleholders were chosen via a digital form, with no public presentation and no publicly available voting controls.
Jaime Garduño Argueta of Centro INAH Quintana Roo says a services area, a wooden staircase, and 47 moved monuments show tourism overriding science at the Tulum archaeological zone, Cobá, and Chetumal.
Twenty paddlers from the Tulum dragon boat team are racing for Mexico at the world championships in Taiwan, backed by Tulum 101 by Inmobilia.
Twenty-three absorption wells, each 20 meters deep, are almost done across Tulum as the wettest months begin. The statement names one street and gives no price. The 2023 batch had one.
Letras Itinerantes delivered 50 books to 50 children in Tulum's 10 de Octubre neighborhood. Seven more reading days and 350 books are left in the campaign.
Tulum boxing came home from the twentieth Guantes Dorados with three champions, out of a field of 430 fighters and 67 gyms from six states across Mexico.
Waste Neutral Technologies won the Startup World Cup Quintana Roo semifinal on August 27. The Tulum plant that makes fuel from plastic is now two rounds from a million dollars.
The Tulum construction slowdown has moved from the site count to the paycheck. The CROC says a skilled bricklayer's weekly earnings have fallen from 6,000 pesos to about 3,000.
Some commercial rents in Tulum still pass 40,000 pesos a month in the low season. Business owners want landlords to cut them, and about 70 shops have already closed this year.
A long-term rental in Tulum averaged 19,066 pesos a month across 113 listings on September 2. What that buys by neighborhood, and the costs the rent leaves out.
Tulum security cameras now number more than 1,850, up from 400. The rule governing growth lies in the municipal revenue law, not in a police regulation.
UNTRAC says two Tulum-to-Playa del Carmen colectivo stops were dropped on the main avenue and accuses the city of clearing curb space for a rival union. The city has not responded.
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