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Tulum Feels the Cost as Quintana Roo Tourist Fees Climb
A week in Cancun’s hotel zone incurs four government charges beyond the room rate. Here is the Cancun tourist tax bill for 2027 and where each peso is meant to go.
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Tulum Is Back as Clear Water Returns to Its Beaches for a New Season
Clear water and clean sand are back on Tulum beaches inside Jaguar Park after a heavy sargassum summer, and the town is opening its winter season to travelers from everywhere.
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Is the sargassum finally leaving Tulum?
Sargassum in Tulum is thinning on Jaguar Park’s beaches after weeks of buildup. Restaurants operating at 10 to 20 percent capacity are counting on November to reach half capacity.
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Tulum once opened its ruins after sunset, and the people who saw it remember
Lamps hidden as rocks, headsets in six languages, 40 people at a time. What the Tulum ruins at night felt like, and what it would take to see them that way again.
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The postcard is back in Tulum this week
Zofemat says sargassum in Tulum has dropped off for days, with 7,300 tons hauled this year and the hotel zone expected to be practically clean by week’s end.
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Mara Lezama announces 21 new winter routes for the Mexican Caribbean
The 21 new winter flights to Cancún and Tulum start between October 25 and January 8. Canada supplies 13 of them, and Tulum airport gets seven, six Canadian and one from Newark.
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A new sargassum landing puts Tulum’s coast back under red
The sargassum in Tulum returned this week, three weeks after the water cleared, and Quintana Roo’s record 2026 haul has already passed 138,000 tons.
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Hilton converts Waldorf Astoria and Conrad Tulum to all inclusive
Hilton 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.
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Airlines blame airport fees, travelers blame Tulum's prices, and the flights keep disappearing
Aeroméxico has already flown its last. Volaris leaves on January 7, and Tulum airport flights are reduced to two Mexican carriers, while Punta Cana picks up the frequencies.
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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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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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The Jaguar Park wall comes down this week, and eight winter routes are promised
Tulum Renace moves from announcement to demolition this week at Parque del Jaguar, while the count of winter air routes still changes depending on which tourism office is speaking.
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Tulum got its turquoise water back while some of its hotels sat closed
The arrival of sargassum in Tulum has dropped, and Playa Paraíso is clear again, ZOFEMAT says, after crews pulled more than 5,600 tons off the sand, above the total for all of 2025.
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Winter gives Tulum airport 13 destinations
Tulum airport flights will cover 13 destinations with 10 airlines from October 25 to March 27. Four carriers are named, and the summer they follow closed at 15 percent occupancy.
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What a dog needs to enter Mexico under the new rule
Bringing a pet to Mexico changed on August 3, 2026. Dogs need a new US screwworm inspection; cats do not, and the return trip has its own rules.
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Ninety minutes of Highway 307 is what the cheaper Cancun fare actually buys you
Tulum airport vs Cancun airport, on real numbers. Thirteen scheduled nonstop routes against close to seventy, 118 kilometers of road, and a winter schedule officials count differently.
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Four of the five cities returning to Tulum are Canadian
The Mexican Caribbean tourism promotion for the year-end push turns to the United States, with road shows, Imex America, and a digital campaign. Tulum's returning winter flights tell another story.
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Cross 180 days in Quintana Roo and your license stops being a tourist question
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.
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A first expedition on the Tren Maya, from Tulum to Palenque in two days
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.
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Four ways out of Tulum airport, and the cheapest one leaves without most arrivals
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.
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Residency in Tulum is decided in another country, then stamped 60 kilometers away
A temporary resident visa for Mexico is granted abroad, exchanged at INM within 30 days, and priced at 1,847 pesos. What Tulum applicants should clear before booking the appointment.