American Tourists Have Been Scared Away From Mexico’s Beaches
A summertime warning from the State Department risks ravaging a
$20 billion industry
A federal police officer patrols a beach in Cancun, Mexico, on July 12.
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In the spring break capital of Cancun, Mexico, hotel occupancy has tumbled 10 percent this year. As bad as that is, over in Los Cabos, on the tip of the Baja California peninsula, it’s worse.
The airport serving Cabo San Lucas and its lesser-known sister city, San Jose del Cabo, is looking emptier these days. And hotel guests have canceled 35,000 nights of bookings over the next year—collectively a century’s worth of visits for a single traveler.