Lead Coverage
Anyma opens Zamna Tulum's tenth anniversary season on January 4
Zamna Tulum 2027 has its first ticketed night. Anyma's ÆDEN show lands January 4 with 21 DJs on three stages, general admission from 110 dollars and VIP from 350.
Tulum Weather, Seasonality, and Best Time to Visit
Weather context, travel timing, seasonal changes, and planning guidance for visitors and residents.
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Riviera Maya Travel
Twelve departures are the entire Newark season at Tulum's airport this winter
Tulum airport flights return to five international cities this winter. Four are Canadian; the Newark route lasts 39 days, and the full schedule adds up to 10 weekly frequencies.
Environment & Nature
One leatherback nest and 29,412 others on the Quintana Roo coast this season
Quintana Roo's sea turtle nesting season reached 29,413 nests by the end of July, most of them green turtles, with a single leatherback nest in the entire state count.
Politics
Tulum is finishing 23 absorption wells before the rains peak
Twenty-three absorption wells, each 20 meters deep, are almost done across Tulum as the wettest months begin. The statement names one street and gives no price. The 2023 batch had one.
Businesses
Tulum's hotel association rules out closing through sargassum season
Seasonal closing is off the table, the hotel association says, because sargassum lands eight or nine months a year. What Tulum hotels spend, and what they want covered.
Environment & Nature
One of the Three Atlantic Systems Has Fifty Percent Odds of Becoming Dolly
The SMN is watching three areas of the Atlantic for cyclone development. None threatens the coast, but the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is entering its most active stretch.
Environment & Nature
90,500 tons of sargassum float offshore, and the Riviera Maya climate crisis explains why
Water up to four degrees warmer and a record sargassum season have put hard numbers on the Riviera Maya climate crisis and on the limits of Mexico's cleanup plan.
Mayan Train
Headlines Said the Maya Train Was Suspended. Six Months Later, the Trains Still Run
Maya Train Section 5 gained two round trips this week, six months after a federal court ordered Profepa to inspect and protect the same stretch. Here is what that order requires.
Society
Tulum Lobster Festival runs August 21 to 23 in two venues
The Tulum Lobster Festival brings four contests to Punta Allen and the town center on August 21, 22, and 23. Cooking entries close on Wednesday, and the top plate takes 4,000 pesos.
Society
300 Taxi Drivers Took Lessons in Handling Your Emotions
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%.
Riviera Maya Travel
A Tulum Hotel Room Falls to 1,155 Pesos a Night, Until December 21
Rooms at the group's airport property drop to 1,155 pesos a night. The new Tulum hotel rates run through December 20, then climb for the holiday stretch.
Businesses
Tulum hotel occupancy near 15% sends hoteliers to the banks and toward seasonal closing
Tulum hotel occupancy on the coast is running near 15%, sargassum removal costs up to 500,000 pesos a week, and hoteliers want credit restructuring from commercial and development banks.
Art & Culture
Damian Lazarus names 30 artists for Day Zero Tulum 2027 and holds one back
The Day Zero Tulum 2027 lineup lands with 30 artists across three stages, an all-Mexican bill at El Teatro, one guest still unnamed, and general release tickets on August 25.
Riviera Maya Travel
The Long Hot Walk Into Tulum's Ruins Just Became a 20 Peso Ride
Electric carts again link the traditional entrance to the Tulum Archaeological Zone for 20 pesos, the first Tulum Renace promise visitors can actually board.
Politics
"In Mexico, the People Decide," Rafa Marín Tells Sovereignty Assembly in Tulum
Morena's founder in Quintana Roo placed Maya communities at the heart of a sovereignty assembly in Tulum, backing President Sheinbaum and warning of disinformation campaigns.
Environment & Nature
NASA Ranks the 2026 Sargassum Belt Second All Time as Caribbean Waters Set Records
NASA satellite data ranks the 2026 Sargassum belt just behind 2025, while the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico both broke records and Quintana Roo crews removed 93,000 tons.
Environment & Nature
30 Years of Sea Turtle Conservation Put 20 Million Hatchlings Into Caribbean Waters
Over three decades of sea turtle conservation along the Riviera Maya and Tulum have protected 303,586 nests, and females are now returning to the beaches where they hatched.
Society
Anyone Can Touch These Live Wires, and in Tulum Nobody Is Checking
Bare bus bars, open breaker boxes, and meters lying in rubble show how electrical safety in Tulum depends on installations no one routinely inspects and few owners maintain.
Sports
Moto Fest Tulum opens Friday, and 20 hotels are betting on 7,000 visitors
Rides to Cobá and Muyil, seven concert nights and a 100-peso wristband. Moto Fest Tulum runs August 7 to 23, and organizers expect up to 7,000 visitors.
Sports
Judo to weightlifting, 25 athletes collect Tulum sports scholarships with no published amount
Judo, chess, boxing, and four other sports are represented among the 25 recipients of Tulum sports scholarships. The amount each athlete receives was not published.
Real Estate
An apartment in central Tulum now costs more than the average Quintana Roo wage
Rent in Tulum starts near 10,000 pesos for an apartment in town while the state's average wage is about 9,200. The condo market is correcting. Long-term housing is not.