The situation of high-performance athletes from Tulum has generated concern among parents after a complaint was filed alleging inadequate conditions during their stay at the SEDAR training center in Chetumal, where they were transferred under a sports scholarship program. The case was brought to light by Gema Oliva, the mother of two young Greco-Roman wrestlers […]
Tulum faces a labor crisis due to cancellations and low hotel occupancy
Tulum’s tourism industry is experiencing a period of instability that is already directly impacting employment, following cancellations of reservations and hotel operations below capacity, according to union representatives in the destination. Claudio Cortés Méndez, commissioner of the CROC union in Tulum, warned that recent international tensions, such as the conflict in Iran, have caused approximately […]
Police in Playa del Carmen throw stones at citizens while carrying out an eviction
Police in Playa del Carmen pelted a house with rocks while carrying out an eviction order in the Colosio neighborhood of this municipality, resulting in several injuries. The incident occurred Wednesday morning when a group from the Playa del Carmen Secretariat of Citizen Security accompanied a court officer from the Quintana Roo Judiciary to carry […]
Cancun has a huge bottleneck in its tourist zone: Mexico is going to solve it with a mega-bridge
If you’ve been to Cancún, you’ve probably experienced the same thing: short trips that take much longer than expected, especially when crossing into the hotel zone. The city relies heavily on a connection that, during rush hour or peak season, becomes a bottleneck that’s difficult to avoid. This is the problem that Mexican authorities have […]
Residents of the ejido of Cancún denounce contamination of the aquifer
Residents of the Alfredo V. Bonfil ejido, in the municipality of Benito Juárez, denounced the daily contamination of Cancún’s aquifer due to the lack of transparency from municipal authorities, who are doing nothing to prevent it. They claim that entire neighborhoods in the area are failing to receive basic services such as drinking water and […]
Weddings canceled in Cancun and Riviera Maya; southern Quintana Roo wants them
Faced with the cancellation of 10 percent of weddings scheduled in the northern part of the state due to the massive influx of sargassum seaweed, the tourism sector in southern Quintana Roo has launched a strategy to capture this market. This strategy also aims to consolidate a new events corridor in the Chetumal-Bacalar region, according […]
Dangerous neighbor: Yucatán resists while peace in Quintana Roo deteriorates
Security on the Yucatán Peninsula is uneven. Yucatán is the most peaceful state in the country, while Quintana Roo is among the five least peaceful, with a sustained decline in its levels since 2015. However, Yucatán has fallen in the rankings for perceived safety and registered a decrease in violent crime, warns the 2025 Mexico […]
Goodbye to free vehicle registration in Quintana Roo: license plate replacement will cost 1,584 pesos starting today
Motorists seeking the benefit of the full subsidy on their vehicle registration fees in Quintana Roo are facing the closing of the official deadline. The state government is still offering the opportunity to obtain this service 100% free of charge through license plate exchange, but time is running out, and the process will increase in […]
The sargassum problem in Quintana Roo has worsened in the last 7 years
After a three- to four-day respite with clean beaches thanks to the passage of the last cold front, sargassum has reappeared on the Riviera Maya, affecting areas of Quintana Roo such as Tulum, Playa del Carmen, and Puerto Morelos. Although recent conditions had favored clean coastlines, the seaweed continues to wash ashore atypically and with […]
“There is more sargassum than ever before,” and it is unknown which days it will be present and which it won’t.
This year, with the increase in sargassum, businesses in Quintana Roo are being hit harder, as the daily beach cleanup by hotels is costing them roughly the same as their electricity bill, according to the Tulum Hotel Association. Hoteliers in the area estimate that they spend up to $150 million annually on sargassum cleanup, since […]