Selva Zama

selva-zama

2 snapshots · latest May 5, 2026

Emerging

Selva Zama is the most stable emerging zone in Tulum — 91 establishments, ZERO permanent closures, 77.5 sophistication score. Trajectory match: Region 15 in July 2025, when Region 15 was Selva-sized. If Region 15's path holds, Selva is on course for 1000+ establishments and 60+ composition.

54.0

Composition score

Establishments

6% first-wave

0.00%

Closure rate

0 permanent

Pioneer

Emerging

Developing

Established

First-wave establishments arriving. Inflection window 12–24 months.

This zone's trajectory

The strongest historical comparable in our dataset. When the matched snapshot is older, the comparable's path projects Selva Zama's likely direction.

Trajectory match · 99.6% similar

Selva Zama today≈Region 15 10 months ago

Selva Zama todaycomp 54.0

Region 15 · Jul 2025comp 60.6

If Region 15's trajectory holds, Selva Zama is on the same path — composition score +6.6 over the next ~10 months.

What this means for you

How Selva Zama's current state translates into a position for each stakeholder. Decision anchors grounded in the zone's data + Tulum market context — not financial advice.

Buyer

The cleanest emerging signal in the dataset. Zero closures + Region 15 trajectory match (99.6% similar) = pre-inflection growth zone with no shake-out risk yet.

Developer

Acquisition window wide open. Land cheap, sophistication high (77.5), infrastructure light. 18-24 month build window before prices catch up to Region 15's level.

Investor

Pre-Region-15 territory. Region 15's path: 320 places July 2025 → 1,111 places today. Selva can follow the same arc on the same timeline.

Realtor

Long horizon required for clients. This is where to source for buyers willing to hold 24-36 months for the Aldea-Zama-trajectory payoff.

What's here

Hospitality

Other

Real Estate & Development

Food & Beverage

Services & Professional

Cowork & Creative

Churn & closures

What's exiting the zone, and the rate at which capital is rotating out — the inverse signal of new openings.

No closures detected in Selva Zama yet. With more snapshot history we'll surface real-time closure events here.

Velocity

+0.27

Composition / 30d

+0.95

Sophistication / 30d

-0.65

Review accel.

+5.18

Net openings / 30d

Methodology & detail↓ expand

Score breakdown

Sophistication30%

77.5

Weighted establishment-tier score. Yoga and galleries score high; banks and gas stations score low.

Diversity25%

46.5

Shannon index across category mix. High = balanced; low = monoculture.

Density20%

55.6

Establishments per km², log-scaled. Captures urban concentration.

Review depth25%

32.0

Avg reviews per establishment, log-scaled. Proxy for market attention. Becomes review velocity once we have multiple snapshots.

Composition fingerprint

Hospitality

53.8%

Other

26.4%

Real Estate & Development

9.9%

Food & Beverage

3.3%

Cowork & Creative

2.2%

Services & Professional

2.2%

Wellness & Retreat

1.1%

Art & Culture

1.1%

All trajectory matches

Cohorts by month of arrival

Cohort

Count

Mean rating

Mean reviews

First-wave

Mean tier

2025-07

4.71

2.71

2026-05

4.92

3.38