Lead Coverage
Ramada Residences Opens With 190 Rooms Before High Season
Ramada Residences by Wyndham Tulum opens with 190 rooms in a building first planned as a condo hotel, with occupancy targets already set for December and January.
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
Delta’s Only Tulum Route Goes Seasonal, Leaving One US Nonstop for Summer
Delta flights to Tulum run daily from Atlanta until May 2, 2027, then pause until a seasonal return in November, as United, American, and Volaris trim service.
Riviera Maya Travel
Canadian Flights Lift Tulum Hotel Occupancy Forecast Above 80 Percent for High Season
With Air Canada, Air Transat, and WestJet bringing winter visitors, officials project Tulum hotel occupancy above 80 percent and a new market for Maya artisans.
Politics
Why Are Cars Driving on Jaguar Park Beaches During Turtle Nesting Season?
Cars, pickups, and motorcycles crossed Jaguar Park beaches on Sunday, on sand where federal rules allow only turtle-monitoring vehicles, and Tulum’s nest count tops 6,000.
Riviera Maya Travel
Tulum Is Back as Clear Water Returns to Its Beaches for a New Season
Clear water and clean sand are back on Tulum beaches inside Jaguar Park after a heavy sargassum summer, and the town is opening its winter season to travelers from everywhere.
Politics
How Clogged Drains Make Tulum’s Pothole Problem Harder to See
The Tulum pothole repair program moves through Ejido, Centro, Cancha Maya, and Lakín before reaching Maya Pax on November 3, with the weather setting the pace.
Art & Culture
Tulum’s Maya families give thanks for a harvest the late rains never let grow
The Cancha Maya festival runs in Tulum from October 6 to 15, with the Matán offering reaching 15 houses in a season Maya farmers say the late rains already cost them.
Art & Culture
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.
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.
Lifestyle
What coworking spaces in Tulum actually cost per day
Coworking spaces in Tulum run from about 14 dollars a day to 22 dollars a day, and monthly memberships from 150 to 300. What the price does not cover is the outage.
Sports
Ten years batting against the rules that kept Hondzonot's women in the house
For a decade, the Diablillas Mestizas have played softball in huipiles and barefoot in Honduras. Their catcher is a third-generation player, and a Zona Maya final is waiting.
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.
Sports
Mr. Tulum 2026 drew bodybuilders from seven cities and two states
Mr. Tulum 2026 filled a local stage with competitors from Cancun, Cozumel, Merida and Valladolid. Four Tulum athletes finished first, and the league says it wants more dates.
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 official decision stands between Tulum's two free beaches and their first Platino certificate
Playa Conchita and Playa del Pueblo were audited in mid-August for their first Tulum beach certification. The evaluator graded glass, dunes, and lifeguards, not sargassum.
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.
Society
A 350 million peso hospital broke ground in Tulum with no opening date
The hospitals in Tulum are two, one public and one private, plus a free Red Cross ambulance. What each treats, what the law makes an ER do, and where referrals go.
Environment & Nature
Clearing sargassum with the wrong machine is how a Tulum beach starts losing sand
Zofemat says the sargassum cleanup in Tulum has spared most of the sand by using less machinery. What the crews still take, and what happens at Akumal.
Environment & Nature
Tulum's bee god still watches, but the Melipona bees below him are disappearing
The Maya called them xunan kab, the regal lady. Melipona bees gave the Yucatan its honey, its medicine, and a god. Their Quintana Roo colonies fell 93 percent in a generation.
Society
Your refrigerator is paying for a grid that never caught up with La Veleta
Power outages in Tulum start in the last kilometer of the network. Who supplies the service, why the rain trips the circuits, and why the same three colonias go first.