Playa del Carmen News, Expat Life, and Tourism

Playa del Carmen is a lively beach city popular with expats, digital nomads, and long-stay travelers. In this section, explore stories on real estate, tourism, nightlife, infrastructure, and environmental policy. With a pedestrian-friendly downtown and booming condo market, Playa del Carmen is both a vacation favorite and an international community.

Playa del Carmen News

•December 4, 2025

Playa del Carmen hurricane season ends with relief

Playa del Carmen closed the 2025 hurricane season with no major damage, crediting months of drainage work, shelter prep and civil protection training.

•December 1, 2025

La Vaquita shooting leaves waiter dead in tourist zone of Playa del Carmen

A waiter shot in the head during the La Vaquita shooting in Playa del Carmen’s bar zone died in the hospital as authorities probe the...

•November 21, 2025

Playa del Carmen security strengthened by Nordic partners

Playa del Carmen courts Finland and Denmark with a new push that links tourist security to Nordic expertise in innovation and sustainability.

•November 20, 2025

Digital nomads are pouring into Playa del Carmen

Riviera Maya digital nomads are pouring into Playa del Carmen, investing, hiring locals and pushing officials to rethink housing rules.

•November 19, 2025

Playa del Carmen crash leaves US tourist trapped in car

A Playa del Carmen crash left a US couple trapped in their car as rescuers freed them from jammed doors and rushed the injured woman...

•November 19, 2025

Punta Laguna Playa del Carmen finally wins recognition

New recognition of the Punta Laguna Playa del Carmen community secures services, rights and federal support for a Maya village in limbo.

•November 18, 2025

Playa del Carmen rentals under tighter safety checks

Playa del Carmen rentals face mandatory gas inspections, occupancy limits and safety checks as a 2026 income law moves through Congress.

•November 15, 2025

Playa del Carmen Mayan roots shine at 123rd celebration

Playa del Carmen Mayan roots take center stage as residents mark 123 years with tributes, a rediscovered 1902 letter and a seaside chapel.

•November 14, 2025

Xcaret stranded tourists rely on police for night rescue

Over 100 Xcaret stranded tourists, including kids, seniors, waited hours for a missing bus before police patrols took them to Playa del Carmen.

•November 13, 2025

Record-breaking padel lights up Playa del Carmen

A record state circuit stop shows how padel in Quintana Roo is booming, with 144 entries filling Heat Padel in Playa del Carmen this month.

•November 12, 2025

Amber Alert Playa del Carmen search for three minors

Amber Alert Playa del Carmen after a five-month-old and two teens vanish; prosecutors post search files and urge residents to share tips.

•November 12, 2025

Playacar foreigner death found in pit as prosecutors act

Authorities probe a Playacar foreigner death after a man was found in a pit in the complex. What we know so far and what investigators...

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