Tulum
Tulu'um
Town
The town of Tulum along Highway 307
The town of Tulum along Highway 307
Nickname: 
Tulum Pueblo
Tulum is located in Mexico
Tulum
Tulum
Location within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°12′43″N 87°27′57″W / 20.21194°N 87.46583°W / 20.21194; -87.46583
CountryMexico
StateQuintana Roo
MunicipalityTulum
Founded1860-1870
Founded byMaría Uicab
Government
 • Municipal PresidentMarciano Dzul Caamal (Morena)
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Urban
33,374[1]
 • Metro
46,721
DemonymTulumense
Time zoneUTC-5 (Southeast (US Eastern))
Postal Code
77780
Area code984
INEGI code230090001
Vehicle registration number23
Websitewww.tulum.gob.mx
Tulum Avenue, main street in town

Tulum (pronounced [tuˈlum]) is the largest community in the municipality of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is located on the Caribbean coast of the state, near the site of the archaeological ruins of Tulum.

History

As recently as the early 1990s, Tulum was a quiet village 2 km (1.5 mi) from the archaeological site, and tourism outside of the ruins was limited to a few small shops and simple cabañas on the beach. As of the 2020 census, population of Tulum municipality has grown to 46,721 permanent inhabitants with the addition of a number of residential developments in the jungle areas nearest Tulum's downtown.[2] With the rapid increase in tourism, vacation rentals, small hotels and hostels, as well as restaurants and bars the town is getting more and more popular. Grocery stores, boutiques, bicycle rentals, gyms, tour operators, banks, ATMs, internet cafes, and various other commercial stores are available in Tulum town. Spanish Language Schools are popular in Tulum.[3]

Since 13 March 2008, the town is head of the newly founded municipality (município), the ninth in Quintana Roo.[4]

On 1 December 2023, Tulum International Airport was opened by President Lopez Obrador.

Zona Hotelera Tulum

Two kilometers from the town center, the "hotel zone" of boutique hotels and restaurants on the Tulum beach has grown to over 70 hotels.[5] Most of them are cabañas built in the traditional Maya style with thatched palm roofs though there are some more high end hotels as well. There are many new restaurants, particularly on the jungle side of the road, some of which have received significant praise in the international press.[6] There are also a few beach clubs and public beaches. Due to the increasing popularity of the place, the inexpensive cabañas with hammocks that could be rented some years ago are not available anymore, the prices now have gone very high, especially on the "hotel zone". Most accommodations remain rustic-style, but electricity in the "hotel zone" arrived in 2020 with most of the hotels and main restaurants now making use of it.

Tulum International Airport

A new Tulum international airport is scheduled to open about 20 km (12 mi) north of Tulum in 2023.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (2020). "Poblacion de Tulum" (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Localidades y su población por municipio según tamaño de localidad" (PDF). INEGI (in Spanish). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tulum Maps App". Todotulum: The Tulum Experts. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Aprueba Congreso creación del noveno municipio: Tulum". Noticaribe (in Spanish). 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008.
  5. ↑ "All Tulum Hotels". All Tulum Hotels. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Moskin, Julia (10 March 2014). "Rewriting the Menu in Tulum". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Tulum will get a new luxury airport in 2023", Forbes (EE.UU.), October 7, 2020
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