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Clearing the sand has become one of the largest line items on the coast. Tulum sargassum costs now have hoteliers asking whether some months are worth opening at all.
La Zebra brings a fantasy football draft to Tulum this August, with Rex Ryan hosting, beachfront packages, golf access and the state tourism office on board.
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.
Construction of Hospital Joya Tulum has begun, a private investment topping 350 million pesos that adds emergency care, surgery, and intensive care to a growing destination.
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 cooling property market reset the math for digital nomads in Tulum, where quiet studios with private pools, real coworking, and nearby cenotes cost far less than they did at the peak.
After years as a hub for remote workers, Digital Jungle Tulum will close at the end of July. Its founders are channeling their energy into VESICA, a nearby jungle cenote sanctuary.
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.
Oceana wants the federal Tulum sargassum plan grounded in science and regulated harvesting, warning that the alga already carries an environmental, economic, and social toll on the coast.
As Plan Tulum Renace tries to bring visitors back, overcharging tourists in Tulum, from 350 peso taxi rides to forced tips, has residents demanding fixed fares and a local PROFECO office.
President Sheinbaum says the government may buy more collection vessels and extend marine barriers to keep sargassum off Quintana Roo beaches this season.
Tulum's hotel sector offered to help lead the tourism recovery in a meeting with President Sheinbaum, as small coastal hotels report occupancy as low as 15 percent.
Plan Tulum Renace lowers Maya ruins entry fees, makes Parque del Jaguar free for Mexicans, opens public beaches, and adds new sargassum measures to reverse the destination's tourism slump.
Free access for Mexicans, lower fees, and open beaches at Parque del Jaguar. What Sheinbaum's Tulum visit fixed, what it admitted, and who was missing from the picture.
The federal government cut ruins tickets to 80 pesos for Mexicans and 265 pesos for foreigners, opened 10 public entry points, and said Tulum beach access will stay free.
Sesa removed Emigdio Morales Mezquita after business owners accused Tulum health inspectors of extortion and of posing as federal Cofepris agents. A councilman says the state was warned for years.
Reduced shifts and thinner tips have sent Riviera Maya hotel workers home to Tabasco, Chiapas, and Maya towns, the CROC says, with hotels now operating at 80 percent staffing levels.
Mayor Diego Castañón rejected rumors of privatization and defended Free Access, the deal that provides 25 free Tulum beach access points through hotels along 8.5 kilometers of coast.
The Parque del Jaguar seizure of Cinco Tulum and Las Palmas remains unexplained three weeks on, and workers in the protected area fear their businesses could be next.
