The Matán offering reached the houses anyway this month, carried through a season the late rains had already cost the farmers who prepared it. Something of that runs through the rest of the week. Rooms closed and waiting to reopen, an argument over why the planes stopped coming and who should be the one to bring them back, altars going up on Paseo Tulum, an arena in December already booked, a campaign photographing the beach light and the cenote dark as one place. Nobody here knows yet what the winter brings. The table gets set regardless, and that is the part the town holds in its own hands. So, here is the week it set it in.
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.
Continue readingAMATUR 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.
Continue readingJorge 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.
Continue readingStarbucks 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.
Continue readingHilton 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.
Continue readingThe 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.
Continue readingFuel 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.
Continue readingTulum 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.
Continue readingTulum 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.
Continue readingTulum 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.
Continue readingDay 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.
Continue readingSheinbaum 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.
Continue readingA 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.
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