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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.
A federal decree in the Official Gazette grants free access to Parque del Jaguar and cuts Tulum archaeological zone fees, following requests from residents and business owners.
A cultural workers' union welcomed the lower Tulum archaeological zone fees but cautioned that tourism gains could take at least a year to appear.
During Sheinbaum's Tulum visit, the president cut access fees and promised a sargassum plan, yet the extortion, taxi abuse, and hotel-sector relief that merchants cite never reached the table.
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.
The 2026 surge of sargassum in Tulum has revived research into turning the seaweed into bioasphalt, even as a local official pushes to declare an environmental contingency.
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 wall at the Jaguar Park entrance will fall, replaced by an arch built by military engineers to reopen the walk from Tulum town to the ruins and the sea.
Sheinbaum announced 10 agreements in Tulum covering Jaguar Park Tulum entry prices, beach access, electric shuttles, a new bus system, and a parking lot at the park's south entrance.
Sheinbaum opened her four day Quintana Roo tour in Tulum by overruling her own Conanp chief, ordering a rewrite of the Jaguar Park management plan before the end of July.
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.
President Claudia Sheinbaum's visit began with a Jaguar Park walk, during which residents raised a property seizure claim and objected to changes to the Tulum National Park management plan.
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.
The president lands in Tulum on Thursday and will not leave Quintana Roo until Sunday. A 415-peso Jaguar Park fee, a sargassum plan, and cargo locomotives await Sheinbaum.
After 32 years behind the wheel, Sixto says he has never seen a summer this empty. The Tulum tourism slowdown has left hundreds of taxi concessions parked and storefronts up for rent.
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.
