Tulum won another World Travel Award, and it has nothing to do with sand
Tulum is the most romantic destination in Mexico and Central America for the second year in a row, and three resorts bearing its name took four more titles.
Tulum is the most romantic destination in Mexico and Central America for the second year in a row, and three resorts bearing its name took four more titles.
Uber in Tulum and Playa del Carmen began taking trips on October 20 with free opening rides. What a fare costs after the promotion is the part nobody has published.
Zofemat says sargassum in Tulum has dropped off for days, with 7,300 tons hauled this year and the hotel zone expected to be practically clean by week’s end.
Lamps hidden as rocks, headsets in six languages, 40 people at a time. What the Tulum ruins at night felt like, and what it would take to see them that way again.
Sea turtle nesting in Tulum has passed 6,000 nests this season. Volunteers want sunbeds and umbrellas off the sand at night, and a municipal rule already sets the hour.
The sargassum in Tulum returned this week, three weeks after the water cleared, and Quintana Roo’s record 2026 haul has already passed 138,000 tons.
Tulum’s 2026 revenue law books 36,395,275 pesos from a street lighting charge, about 22 percent more than in 2025, while repairs still arrive one neighbor’s complaint at a time.
Day of the Dead vs. Halloween is not a costume question. One night keeps the dead away; the other feeds them, and on this coast, the Maya version has its own name.
Federal road upkeep funding is set to fall by nearly half in 2027, and the requests Tulum has pending on Highway 307 are contingent on a budget that deputies have not yet voted on.
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American Airlines Tulum flights lose Miami on January 5, 2027, leaving one daily Dallas jet with 78 seats as the airport’s operator projects US service nearly doubling.
Amira Neme returned to Tulum jiu-jitsu in May 2025 with one class a week. Six AJP golds later, she is training for the IBJJF No-Gi Worlds in Las Vegas.
The Faena Tulum campaign runs from the open beach light to the dark of a cenote, through the town's streets. Rafa Olarra, Pol Rodríguez, and the full list of credits.
AMATUR blames the Tulum airport military management for the airline exodus and wants a private sector council. The operator answers with 1,064 projected winter flights.
Jorge Portilla Mánica ran against Morena in 2024. He registered with it on October 10, and the Tulum 2027 election now turns on a list the party publishes by December 31.
Starbucks in Tulum is down to a single store after the Boca Paila branch closed with no notice. The chain’s September closure plan for North America does not cover Mexico.
Hilton has made Conrad Tulum all-inclusive and has done the same at Waldorf Astoria Riviera Maya, which will register only guests 18 and older from January 10. What the new rates cover.
The Cancha Maya festival runs in Tulum from October 6 to 15, with the Matán offering reaching 15 houses in a season Maya farmers say the late rains already cost them.
Fuel costs and route economics, not insecurity, explain the missing Tulum flights, the president said Thursday. International carriers are due back on October 24, and Mexicana adds 24 flights.
Tulum hotel closures have taken around 900 rooms out of service, ranging from 15-room properties to developments with over 200 rooms, while hoteliers count on a winter reservation book that is filling again.
Tulum destination weddings arrive with up to 300 guests and leave as much as 65,000 dollars. What the ayuntamiento backed on October 2, and who in town gets paid.
Tulum Innovation Fest brings four days of talks, startups, music, and citywide activations to IKAL Arena and the rest of town, from December 9 to 12.
Day of the Dead in Tulum brings five nights of altars, catrinas, and fire dancing to Paseo Tulum, the first street-level move in a campaign to bring visitors back.
Sheinbaum tied the loss of Tulum flights to jet fuel prices and the war in Iran. Aeroméxico and Volaris had given other reasons, and the airport case returns Thursday.
A Tulum police drug test caught 100 officers, including the secretary, by surprise. The C3 in Chetumal holds the samples, and a positive result can end a career.
Anyma lands in Tulum on January 4 with ÆDEN. The giant figures are pre-rendered CGI, not AI output, and the difference cost him the Istanbul date.
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