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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.
The Hartwood restaurant fire started in the palapa and drew firefighters and Civil Protection crews, who contained it with material damage and no reported injuries.
A new agreement with Mexicana de Aviación adds eight summer flights and discounted packages, the centerpiece of a Tulum tourism recovery plan backed by more than 75 businesses.
Tulum's summer security operation puts police, firefighters, and civil protection crews across the hotel zone and tourist sites through the peak vacation weeks.
Sargassum in Tulum hit critical levels in 2026, with over 2,600 tonnes cleared and specialists pressing authorities to declare an environmental contingency.
Winter demand is booming while summer occupancy collapses below 30 percent. The case for Tulum as a seasonal destination, examined.
Federal opposition deputies want Sheinbaum and García Harfuch to step into the Tulum tourism crisis, citing extortion, a visitor slump, and citizen complaints over licensing.
Tulum vacation rentals have reached 5,119 active units, nearly half the city's hotel inventory, just as demand cools and oversupply, high prices, and sargassum strain the market.
La Zebra will host the CJ Garton Tulum music weekend, four guest-only nights of country music, beachfront dining and a private concert on the sand, August 20 to 24.
The Tulum sargassum surge is emptying beaches, forcing rate cuts, and pushing small coastal restaurants toward closure as cleanup funding faces scrutiny.
Why the economic pressures reshaping the American middle class could create an unexpected opportunity for Tulum, and why we should stop measuring our future solely through tourism statistics.
A new National Guard barracks at Tulum airport will house 705 troops, part of a wider command protecting the state's airports, beaches, and Maya Train.
A Change.org petition to split the Jaguar Park from the ruins has gathered thousands of signatures as the Tulum tourism crisis deepens into 2026.
Record sargassum is burying Tulum's beaches as business owners confront officials over a sanitation fee they say produced no cleanup, while closures spread.
