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A letter nobody in Tulum voted on decides when the power subsidy switches off
Electricity bills in Tulum are based on CFE tariff 1B, where the subsidy ends at 400 kilowatt-hours. How to read the recibo and the charge the courts struck down.
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328 total stories · archive page 2 of 17
327 stories · Page 2 of 17
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The federal documents that explain why Tulum's public beach ever had a gate
Tulum beach access, reconstructed from the federal record. Decrees, tenders, 706 canceled titles, and documents that have not yet been published.
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215 kilometers of Highway 307 stand between a Bacalar harvest and a Tulum kitchen
Tulum and Bacalar producers get municipal transport to sell their harvests in each other's towns without an intermediary. The same two mayors announced a version of this in 2025.
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A 350 million peso hospital broke ground in Tulum with no opening date
The hospitals in Tulum are two, one public and one private, plus a free Red Cross ambulance. What each treats, what the law makes an ER do, and where referrals go.
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Your refrigerator is paying for a grid that never caught up with La Veleta
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.
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Can you drink the tap water in Tulum?
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.
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Passengers now walk over a kilometer to board a colectivo
Two Tulum colectivo stops on Highway 307 went quiet to ease congestion. Untrac says the bays may now be reserved for a single union, and riders are walking farther.
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A Canadian citizen is among three held over a Tulum taxi driver's killing
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.
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A Canadian, a Mexico City Man, and a Teenager Detained in Central Tulum
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.
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ADO moves up to 1,200 repatriated passengers monthly from Tulum
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dengue Nearly Doubled in Quintana Roo While the Rest of Mexico Saw Cases Fall
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.
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Deported With Nothing, They Landed in Tulum and Had to Call Home for Airfare
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.
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How much to tip in Tulum
Tipping in Tulum runs 10 to 15 percent, and no bill may force it. Who to tip, how much, why pesos beat dollars, and what Profeco does about servicio.
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A taxi driver was found shot dead inside his cab on the Tulum-Cobá highway
Prosecutors opened a homicide case after a Tulum taxi driver was shot dead at kilometer 12.5 of the Cobá highway. He has not been publicly identified.
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Two men found dead in Tulum lots in a day, and still no names
Cruz Roja paramedics confirmed both deaths. The two men found dead in Tulum lots have no names, no ages, and no cause of death, and prosecutors have not linked the cases.
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The sign near the Tulum ruins says free parking. Drivers say it is not
Visitors say lots advertising free Tulum ruins parking honor the offer only if you buy a tour, a meal or a souvenir. Refuse, and they are asked to move the car.
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Garbage collection in Tulum drops up to 5,000 tons a month as tourism stalls
The municipality now hauls a third of what it collected in peak season, and public services links the fall in Tulum garbage collection directly to emptier hotels and restaurants.