Mexico’s Tulum resort suffers another blow: overdevelopment

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican environmental authorities say the Caribbean resort of Tulum has authorized too much development, the latest blow to what was long considered one of Mexico’s most laid-back, easy-going resorts. Unlike Cancún or Playa del Carmen, Tulum was long been low-key. But the federal Environment Department said Tuesday that Tulum had passed zoning codes that “permit urban growth and real estate development, with negative repercussions on ecosystems.”