Anyma opens Zamna Tulum's tenth anniversary season on January 4
Zamna Tulum 2027 has its first ticketed night. Anyma's ÆDEN show lands January 4 with 21 DJs on three stages, general admission from 110 dollars and VIP from 350.
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Thirty two kilos of litter off one beach, sieved out of the sand on a Friday, three syringes among it. That is a number this town can hold in its hand. The others this week are the hopeful kind: a flight from Chile with no airline and no date attached, a winter schedule that adds up to ten weekly frequencies, a wedding calendar waiting to fill again. Tulum lives between the two, and mostly it just keeps working. The containers went out on the holidays as well, and the parade turned up ten contingents heavier than last year. So here is the week, the weighed and the promised together.
A direct flight from Chile to Tulum, proposed without a date
A direct flight from Chile to Tulum came up in a meeting with Chile's ambassador. No airline flies it, and the town also proposed a promotional deal with Viña del Mar.
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ZOFEMAT collects 32 kilos of marine litter at Playa del Pueblo
While sieving the sand at Playa del Pueblo, the Tulum beach cleanup logged 32 kilos of marine litter on Friday, including 200 grams of microplastic and three syringes.
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Wedding planners are selling cenotes instead of shoreline
Tulum weddings have fallen to their lowest demand in a decade. The registry went about two weeks in August without a single ceremony, and one resort has gone from 40 a month to one or two.
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INAH still guards Tulum's ruins. An Army company keeps the money at the gate
Artisans, paramedics, and food vendors inside the Parque del Jaguar are being photographed for a state register, seven weeks after the gate money moved to an army company.
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Roughly seven container loads of sargassum leave Tulum's beaches every day, holidays included
Crews have hauled 6,500 tons of sargassum in Tulum off four public beaches since January, and the containers have made more than 1,800 trips. The arrivals have not stopped.
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The Navy will operate 1,867 million pesos against sargassum in 2027
The 2027 sargassum budget allocates the Navy 1,866.9 million pesos for ships, a dock, and four buildings in Quintana Roo, and excludes the municipalities from the spending.
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Tulum's Independence parade jumped from 15 contingents to 25 in a single year
The Tulum Independence Day parade drew 3,200 marchers across 25 contingents, 10 more than last year, and fell on the same day as tonight's Grito with Super Lamas.
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A furnished apartment and an empty one are two different tax bills in Tulum
Rental income tax in Mexico splits foreign owners in two. Residents pay on net income with a 35 percent deduction. Non-residents pay 25 percent of the gross rent, with nothing deducted.
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Twelve departures are the entire Newark season at Tulum's airport this winter
Tulum airport flights return to five international cities this winter. Four are Canadian; the Newark route lasts 39 days, and the full schedule adds up to 10 weekly frequencies.
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Tulum's business council joins the beach cleanups, and the plastic gets a second destination
Environmental groups and the business council behind the Tulum beach cleanup say the recyclables pulled off the sand are headed to a fuel plant. The dates and the money are missing.
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One leatherback nest and 29,412 others on the Quintana Roo coast this season
Quintana Roo's sea turtle nesting season reached 29,413 nests by the end of July, most of them green turtles, with a single leatherback nest in the entire state count.
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Poc Chuc: pork grilled over charcoal after a sour orange soak
Thin steaks of pork leg salted and steeped in sour orange, then grilled hard over coals and served with roasted tomato chiltomate and pickled red onion.
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Relleno Negro: Yucatecan Turkey in Burnt Chilli Broth
Turkey simmered in a black broth of burnt chillies and spice, served with a pork and egg stuffing. Smoky, faintly bitter, and thickened with corn masa.
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