Power outages in Tulum start in the last kilometer of the network. Who supplies the service, why the rain trips the circuits, and why the same three colonias go first.
Nafin and Bancomext are weighing sargassum plan financing for new collection ships and eroded beaches, with Quintana Roo hotels and small businesses in the same conversation.
Tulum hotel occupancy is projected at 50 to 55 percent for September and 80 to 85 percent by December, on reservations the CROC says hotels already hold after a collapsed summer.
The Maya called them xunan kab, the regal lady. Melipona bees gave the Yucatan its honey, its medicine, and a god. Their Quintana Roo colonies fell 93 percent in a generation.
Do not drink the tap water in Tulum. What it is fine for, what a garrafón costs, and why the aquifer under the town, not the tap itself, is the reason.
Three people detained in the city center on drug and weapons charges are now linked to the Tulum taxi driver murder, the state attorney general said. No motive has been made public.
Vacation rentals in Tulum have spread into irregular settlements, the hotel association says, and no census exists to count them. Five registries would answer it. None has been crossed.
Zofemat says Tulum beach erosion is not the fault of sargassum crews. A Caribbean study of removed seaweed found 61 percent of the volume was sand.
Calle 7 Tulum is a construction site again. Curbs and sidewalks are going in, the center of the street is still broken, and no completion date has been given.
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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.
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.
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.
Two trains, two days, and 1,631 pesos in premier class. A first ride on the Tren Maya from Tulum to Palenque, from dining car tamales to the night service that does not yet exist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
Weather context, travel timing, seasonal changes, and planning guidance for visitors and residents.
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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