Encouraging figures
have been released this week showing over 15% of an increase in tourism in both
Los Cabos and La Paz in the first 6 months of 2016.
This includes both
domestic and foreign tourists. And is reflected in higher hotel occupancy,
busier airports and new flight routes. Check out our recent articles over below – we have been covering all this stuff over the last few months.
Ironically this good
news comes in the same week as the tropical storm Javier – which had the potential
to wreak havoc on the tourist scene of Cabo. Fortunately, unlike Odile in 2014,
Javier did not develop into a hurricane.
Cabo’s tourism Minister
proudly pointed out that – “operations of the tourism sector in the
municipalities of La Paz and Los Cabos, did not suffer any effect by the
passage of the tropical storm Javier. The rains did not affect the infrastructure of
tourist services, or the integrity of tourists.”
Over 27 000 tourists in
Cabo were kept safe and secure throughout the storm. And huge efforts were made
to reopen the port, clean up the beaches and get things back to normal as quickly
as possible.
With a record like
that, here’s hoping tourism in Cabo grows another 15% in the next 6 months of the
year.
Right now tourist related
activities generate more than 70% of the state GDP and employ over
250 000 people in the middle peninsula. So a 15% growth in tourism translates
into massive social and economic benefits for the local community. And this, of course, can only be a good thing for Cabo.