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How Clogged Drains Make Tulum’s Pothole Problem Harder to See
The Tulum pothole repair program moves through Ejido, Centro, Cancha Maya, and Lakín before reaching Maya Pax on November 3, with the weather setting the pace.
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Tulum pays the image bill for an airport in another municipality
A Tulum airport name change is on the table after councilman Eugenio Barbachano said the terminal in Felipe Carrillo Puerto should stop carrying the destination’s name.
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Tulum is sinking while the state does nothing
Councilman Eugenio Barbachano says he wants no candidacy in 2027, only an opposition bloc that treats the Tulum tourism crisis as the emergency the state government still will not name.
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Why Tulum’s streets are going dark
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.
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Who should sell Tulum, the army or the travel industry?
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.
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Jorge Portilla registers with Morena for Tulum’s 2027 municipal race
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.
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Sheinbaum answers the security question behind Tulum flights
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.
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Sheinbaum blames the war in Iran and jet fuel prices for Tulum's lost flights
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.
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The last time Tulum drug-tested its police, three officers lost their jobs
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.
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New neighborhoods, new roads, and no signs to govern them
Road safety in Tulum hinges on streets the municipality does not yet own. The engineers' association wants them municipalized, starting in the fast-growing south.
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What happened to Tulum airport?
Two national airlines quit Tulum airport in a single week. Behind the exits sits a 33.2 percent drop in traffic and a military group losing money across its tourism companies.
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2.7 billion pesos were spent on that wall in Tulum. Removing it still has no price tag
Crews have started removing the wall at the Tulum ruins entrance, the module with bathrooms and drinking fountains that never worked, to open the corridor promised under Tulum Renace.
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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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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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Safer streets and emptier hotels frame Tulum's second government report
The Tulum government report counted 83 percent fewer homicides and new street works. Hotel, housing, and property figures tell a harder story, and both deserve a reading.
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Tulum is finishing 23 absorption wells before the rains peak
Twenty-three absorption wells, each 20 meters deep, are almost done across Tulum as the wettest months begin. The statement names one street and gives no price. The 2023 batch had one.
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Tulum went from 400 cameras to more than 1,850, and businesses bought the equipment
Tulum security cameras now number more than 1,850, up from 400. The rule governing growth lies in the municipal revenue law, not in a police regulation.
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Why Is Calle 7 Always Under Construction in La Veleta?
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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Tulum charged the world for a feeling. Now it finds out who still buys
Tulum tourism fell through 2026 while Mexico posted record arrivals. Airport routes, room rates, sargassum, and rents explain a correction that the winter schedule will finally measure.
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"Tulum has not gone dark"
Hotel occupancy has fallen more than 20 percent since May. The municipal tourism office is staking the Tulum tourism recovery on 40 cenotes, four winter routes and a Michelin pitch.
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"In Mexico, the People Decide," Rafa Marín Tells Sovereignty Assembly in Tulum
Morena's founder in Quintana Roo placed Maya communities at the heart of a sovereignty assembly in Tulum, backing President Sheinbaum and warning of disinformation campaigns.