Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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Imoveqroo says the 24-zone fare board Tulum's taxi union published is not authorized, and that taximeters in Tulum are the answer. One La Veleta fare rose from 31 pesos to 100 pesos.
A minor died, and two people were injured in a Cobá motorcycle crash on Saturday. The ambulance sent from Tulum broke down, and neighbors drove the survivors to Valladolid.
Tulum road closures began Monday for a CAPA sewer connection at Faisán and La Selva. The notice gives three days, then states that the work will run for an indefinite period.
Tulum taxi fares rose as much as 223 percent on an unsigned union list. The prices match those in Madrid, where workers earn about six times as much as in Quintana Roo.
A 24-zone table has pushed Tulum taxi fares as high as 100 pesos on rides the state priced at 31 pesos. It shows no agreement number, signature, or stamp.
Tiburones del Caribe says its Tulum taxi app will launch on the Play Store in about 10 days, featuring fares for cruising cabs and schedules for the colectivos.
Some commercial rents in Tulum still pass 40,000 pesos a month in the low season. Business owners want landlords to cut them, and about 70 shops have already closed this year.
Tulum security cameras now number more than 1,850, up from 400. The rule governing growth lies in the municipal revenue law, not in a police regulation.
UNTRAC says two Tulum-to-Playa del Carmen colectivo stops were dropped on the main avenue and accuses the city of clearing curb space for a rival union. The city has not responded.
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.
Two Tulum colectivo stops on Highway 307 went quiet to ease congestion. Untrac says the bays may now be reserved for a single union, and riders are walking farther.
Three people detained in the city center on drug and weapons charges are now linked to the Tulum taxi driver murder, the state attorney general said. No motive has been made public.
Tulum taxi fares for short night trips run from 80 to 480 pesos, riders say. Drivers point at outsiders, users want a posted tariff, and the state has promised to regulate.
Three unions that run the Tulum to Playa del Carmen vans agreed to a 30-day rotation, with two working and one resting each day, as ridership falls.
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.
Tulum airport deportation flights returned at least 150 Mexicans last week. Most arrived without belongings or money, relying on family to buy the tickets that would get them home.
Tulum women business owners in the Amexme chapter say not one of their 20 companies has closed, even as the destination posts its lowest hotel occupancy on record.
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.
More than 300 taxi drivers, tourist police officers, and service workers passed through Sedetur's Tulum tourism training this week, as the state put local hotel occupancy at 15%.
ADO is finishing a 37 million peso terminal beside Tulum's ruins. The new ADO terminal will run around the clock, with direct routes to the airport and Cancún.
Federal aviation data puts Tulum airport passenger traffic at 471,500 for the first half of 2026, with international flyers down 41 percent and eight winter routes due back in October.
