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The new airport in Tulum is now open (much needed relief from Cancun)
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:24 pm
Fellow travelers to the Riviera Maya... this is great news. Maya Riviera hotels had more rooms booked in 2023 than Cancun or Cabo, meaning this new airport could pull signifcant crowds away from the Cancun airport.
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Starting this week, visitors to the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula can say goodbye to the crowded halls of the Cancún airport and potentially hours-long drive south; U.S.-based flights to recently opened Tulum International Airport start Wednesday.
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines begin flights on March 28, followed by United Airlines on March 31. The new routes will connect Tulum to major hubs like Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, and Newark.
Air Canada starts flying to Tulum in May, and JetBlue Airways and Panama’s Copa Airlines in June.
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Ground transportation options are limited and costs are high. David Ortiz Mena, the president of the Tulum Hotel Association, highlighted this as a “great concern” in a December statement. Talks with the airport and government authorities over lowering the ground transportation tax were still underway in mid-March. And protesters have blocked the access road to the airport, and adjacent Tren Maya station, over land rights.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 7:41 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Today I googled ride time between the new airport and my favorite hotel in Tulum... 55 minutes. That's about 20 minutes shorter than Cancun, at I'm guessing a 2x price. They need to cut a road from the hotel area of Tulum to the highway leading to the airport. Should knock off 30 minutes.
Posted on 3/26/24 at 8:34 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
The cartels run all of the taxis and the buses in Tulum, so there is no competition.
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