Food, dining, beach clubs, and nightlife coverage for visitors looking for practical choices, current openings, and the mood of Tulum after dark.
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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.
Tulum restaurant closures have begun this low season, Canirac says, while the chamber prepares promotions aimed at residents to keep kitchens open until tourism returns.
Fernando Barrera and Daniel Palma of Tulum Fight Club open the professional card at Anhelo de Campeón 13 on Saturday in Querétaro, with the first bell around 7:30 p.m. Tulum time.
The Diablillas de Hondzonot lost the Tihosuco final 7 to 4 to Bravas de Santa Rosa. The Tulum team plays barefoot, in huipiles, and took its name from an insult neighbors once used.
After eight years of burgers, laughter, and viral videos, Bonita Tulum will close on August 3, undone by rising costs and rent that are emptying the town's beloved corners.
Canirac Tulum is taking shape, with a push to organize 400-plus food businesses into an official chapter within months as regional sales slide.
Entry to Parque del Jaguar is now free for Mexicans, yet beach access still hinges on parking that the park does not provide, pushing drivers toward paid clubs.
A farewell video from La Eufemia, one of Tulum's best-known beach taquerías, has gone viral again, reviving the fight over who is to blame for Tulum's decline.
President Sheinbaum says the government may buy more collection vessels and extend marine barriers to keep sargassum off Quintana Roo beaches this season.
Tulum extortion allegations put sanitary inspectors under scrutiny, and Cofepris now says it has no municipal office in Quintana Roo, leaving the state to answer.
Tulum extortion complaints now point at the authorities themselves. Merchants, hoteliers, and tourists describe inspections, traffic stops, and monthly quotas that end in cash, transfers, or closure.
State and municipal officials met with tourism operators at a Tulum beach club to review Tulum air connectivity, international promotion, and the airline announcements shaping the summer season.
Tulum's economic development office says Centro Tulum is well advanced and could open between September and October, while a 185 million peso plaza rises in Aldea Tulum.
Tulum hotel occupancy is stuck at 41.5 percent with the summer vacation period days away, and downtown hoteliers say the reservations that usually arrive by now simply have not.
Merchants who once paid cartels now describe extortion in Tulum by police and inspectors, while a record sargassum season deepens the town's economic strain.
The Tulum tourism decline has business leaders demanding urgent fee deferrals and zero-interest credits as sargassum, high lodging costs, and security concerns keep visitors away.
Tulum extortion complaints grow as business owners and foreign tourists accuse inspectors and traffic officers of demanding payments, deepening the destination's economic slump.
Mexicana de Aviación will add eight flights to Tulum this summer as governments and some 85 local businesses push to bring Mexican travelers back to the destination.
One resident argues that fixing Tulum does not start at the beach. It starts with reliable power, a pause on empty building, and travelers who stay all year.
Summer was meant to revive tourism in Tulum. Instead, tour operators say they are operating at 10% capacity, squeezed by sargassum and Jaguar Park access fees.
When high season returns, many small hotels in Tulum drop the local customers who carried them through the quiet months. A guest columnist argues the habit has a hidden cost.
