Sports
Moisés Carrillo went to Cancún with 430 other fighters and came home a champion
Tulum boxing came home from the twentieth Guantes Dorados with three champions, out of a field of 430 fighters and 67 gyms from six states across Mexico.
Transportation in Tulum: Taxi, Bus, Transfers, and Mobility
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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Businesses
Two pitches stand between a Tulum plastic plant and a million dollars
Waste Neutral Technologies won the Startup World Cup Quintana Roo semifinal on August 27. The Tulum plant that makes fuel from plastic is now two rounds from a million dollars.
Businesses
Tulum business owners ask landlords to cut commercial rents
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.
Real Estate
Long term listings in Tulum average 19,066 pesos, and that is before the utilities
A long-term rental in Tulum averaged 19,066 pesos a month across 113 listings on September 2. What that buys by neighborhood, and the costs the rent leaves out.
Politics
Tulum went from 400 cameras to more than 1,850, and businesses bought the equipment
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.
Society
Fewer stops on the avenue, and passengers walk the difference to reach Playa
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.
Riviera Maya Travel
Ninety minutes of Highway 307 is what the cheaper Cancun fare actually buys you
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.
Society
The federal documents that explain why Tulum's public beach ever had a gate
Tulum beach access, reconstructed from the federal record. Decrees, tenders, 706 canceled titles, and documents that have not yet been published.
Society
215 kilometers of Highway 307 stand between a Bacalar harvest and a Tulum kitchen
Tulum and Bacalar producers get municipal transport to sell their harvests in each other's towns without an intermediary. The same two mayors announced a version of this in 2025.
Riviera Maya Travel
Four of the five cities returning to Tulum are Canadian
The Mexican Caribbean tourism promotion for the year-end push turns to the United States, with road shows, Imex America, and a digital campaign. Tulum's returning winter flights tell another story.
Environment & Nature
Who pays for the next sargassum ship? Mexico's development banks are working on it
Nafin and Bancomext are weighing sargassum plan financing for new collection ships and eroded beaches, with Quintana Roo hotels and small businesses in the same conversation.
Businesses
December must pay for the summer Tulum lost, and bookings already say 85 percent
Tulum hotel occupancy is projected at 50 to 55 percent for September and 80 to 85 percent by December, on reservations the CROC says hotels already hold after a collapsed summer.
Society
Can you drink the tap water in Tulum?
Do not drink the tap water in Tulum. What it is fine for, what a garrafón costs, and why the aquifer under the town, not the tap itself, is the reason.
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.
Businesses
Tulum hotels say the pandemic was easier on their finances than this summer
Tulum hotel occupancy has been too low to cover payroll since June. The hotel association says sargassum removal, the exchange rate, and fewer airline seats are all on the same bill.
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.
Society
Passengers now walk over a kilometer to board a colectivo
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.
Society
A Canadian citizen is among three held over a Tulum taxi driver's killing
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.
Real Estate
4,500 vacation rentals in Tulum, and no map of the ones inside irregular settlements
Vacation rentals in Tulum have spread into irregular settlements, the hotel association says, and no census exists to count them. Five registries would answer it. None has been crossed.
Politics
Why Is Calle 7 Always Under Construction in La Veleta?
Calle 7 Tulum is a construction site again. Curbs and sidewalks are going in, the center of the street is still broken, and no completion date has been given.