Gastronomy
Eight Michelin plaques came to Tulum on Friday
Eight Tulum restaurants received MICHELIN plaques on Friday, the largest share in Quintana Roo. Two hold a Bib Gourmand, six a recommendation, and none a star.
Beach Access, Public Shoreline, and Coastal Rules in Tulum
Coverage of public beach access, coastal restrictions, closures, and the balance between tourism and public space.
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Environment & Nature
Picking up a hatchling for a photo can be a federal crime in Mexico
Sea turtle hatchlings are now reaching the beaches of Quintana Roo, and two videos of people picking them up are under investigation. The state committee has set out what to do and what not to.
Art & Culture
Tulum's ruins take 3,000 people a day. The free museum next door drew 98,400
More than 300 Maya pieces, 1,200 square meters and no ticket at the door. What the Tulum museum inside Parque del Jaguar still costs a foreign visitor to reach.
Art & Culture
New alliance puts UMusic Hotel Tulum at the center of Mexico's Tulum Renace strategy
UN Tourism, Inmobilia and Thor Urbana place UMusic Hotel Tulum at the center of Tulum Renace, the federal strategy betting on culture to reactivate the destination.
Environment & Nature
Crews haul sargassum off Tulum beaches. A study says 61 percent was sand
Zofemat says Tulum beach erosion is not the fault of sargassum crews. A Caribbean study of removed seaweed found 61 percent of the volume was sand.
Art & Culture
Cheaper Jaguar Park entry may be reaching inland communities
Tulum artisan sales are moving again in Macario Gómez and Francisco Uh May. Ilaria Poot puts the increase at 5 to 10 percent and calls it too early to name a recovery.
Riviera Maya Travel
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.
Environment & Nature
The Mayor Says Tulum Beaches Are Almost Clean, Monitoring Data Tells a Messier Story
Tulum sargassum arrivals have thinned after days of rain, and the mayor plans beach videos every two days. Specialists say the improvement is real but far from uniform.
Riviera Maya Travel
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.
Society
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.
Politics
"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.
Environment & Nature
90,500 tons of sargassum float offshore, and the Riviera Maya climate crisis explains why
Water up to four degrees warmer and a record sargassum season have put hard numbers on the Riviera Maya climate crisis and on the limits of Mexico's cleanup plan.
Riviera Maya Travel
The army will rent you a room beside the Tulum ruins for 1,543 pesos
The army's Grupo Mundo Maya hotels published their 2026 rate card. A night runs 1,155 pesos near Tulum airport in low season and 3,332 beside the ruins for the holidays.
Environment & Nature
Sargassum crews and turtle nests now share the same sand on Tulum's public beaches
Crews clear sargassum in Tulum daily at Playa Conchitas, where sea turtle nests share the shoreline and the state has logged its heaviest season on record.
Environment & Nature
Which Quintana Roo beaches are still clean, and how long the sargassum lasts
Quintana Roo has pulled more than 105,000 tons of sargassum from its coast in 2026, already past last year's record. Tulum remains among the beaches with the heaviest accumulations.
Environment & Nature
Tulum Has Cleared 4,880 Tons of Sargassum, and That Count Excludes the Hotels
Zofemat crews alone have hauled 4,880 metric tons off the sand this year, and the real Tulum sargassum total is higher once hotels and the navy are counted.
Riviera Maya Travel
A Tulum Hotel Room Falls to 1,155 Pesos a Night, Until December 21
Rooms at the group's airport property drop to 1,155 pesos a night. The new Tulum hotel rates run through December 20, then climb for the holiday stretch.
Real Estate
Judge Orders Possession Returned in Tulum Land Dispute and Clears Officials to Break Locks
A judge ordered possession of parcel 1981 handed over at noon Tuesday, the latest turn in a Tulum land dispute that has run through amparos and reversals since 2016.
Businesses
Some Tulum Hotels May Close for Months at a Time. Sargassum Is the Reason
Tulum beach hotels are studying whether to operate only outside the sargassum season, after cleanup costs, weak occupancy, and a 274,000-passenger drop at Cancún airport in June.
Riviera Maya Travel
The Long Hot Walk Into Tulum's Ruins Just Became a 20 Peso Ride
Electric carts again link the traditional entrance to the Tulum Archaeological Zone for 20 pesos, the first Tulum Renace promise visitors can actually board.