Businesses
Three unions, one road, and not enough passengers to keep them all working
Three unions that run the Tulum to Playa del Carmen vans agreed to a 30-day rotation, with two working and one resting each day, as ridership falls.
Tulum News Today: Local Headlines, Travel, and Culture from the Mexican Caribbean
Society
Witnesses Say the Only Thing That Stopped a Tulum Gunman Was a Falling Magazine
Witnesses describe an attack on a Tulum tortilla shop that never happened. The gunman's magazine hit the pavement, and he rode away. No injuries, no arrests, no official account.
Society
Cost of living in Tulum in 2026
Numbeo puts rent, power, internet, and a phone in Tulum at 12,430 pesos a month. The rest of the cost of living in Tulum, priced line by line for 2026.
Lead Story
In Tulum nobody walks seven blocks at night, and the taxi driver knows it
Tulum taxi fares for short night trips run from 80 to 480 pesos, riders say. Drivers point at outsiders, users want a posted tariff, and the state has promised to regulate.
Four ways out of Tulum airport, and the cheapest one leaves without most arrivals
Tulum airport to Tulum town costs 175 pesos on the ADO coach, priced at launch, or over 1,000 pesos in a taxi. Coach times, the train, rentals, and what runs after dark.
Environment & Nature
One of the Three Atlantic Systems Has Fifty Percent Odds of Becoming Dolly
Society
