Why More Tourists Are Skipping Out On Los Cabos Nightlife

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The summer travel season is about to start in earnest in Los Cabos, and with it, the flocking of family travelers heading to enjoy the sun, sand, and surf before classes resume in the Fall.

Despite the coming influx of travelers to one of Mexico’s most popular beach resort travel destinations, business owners are pessimistic about the upcoming tourist season.

More and more travelers appear to be skipping the nightlife attractions in Los Cabos.

Fewer Tourists in the Centro

According to a recent published report on the issue, the winter travel season that closed out 2023 was a complete washout for the nightclubs and bars in the centro of Cabo San Lucas.

Numbers from the business owners association showed that fewer tourists enjoyed the nightlife in the area in the last quarter of 2023 when sales dropped 20 percent.

The number of travelers heading to enjoy nightlife in the centro of Cabo San Lucas did not improve in the first quarter of 2024. In fact, it got even worse.

Published reports state that the sales for the Cabo San Lucas nightlife businesses in the centro fell 33 percent in the first quarter of 2024, year-over-year.

That has business owners concerned about the summer season when more families are in town instead of nightlife visitors.

Redesigning Cabo San Lucas Centro

Business owners claim that tourists are avoiding the center of Cabo San Lucas because it needs a better image.

They claim that a remodel and revisioning of the area is needed in order to keep travelers heading to the centro to enjoy the best nightlife Los Cabos has to offer.

“This remodeling is needed. If we do not go back a little to last year we will suffer a drop in sales ranging from 30 to 33 percent,” said the new head of the Los Cabos Business Association Gustavo Laborde in a published story on the issue. “Right now sales are falling more, we understand that there are factors around the world such as wars, the decline in the dollar and elections. Despite this, we need the centro of Cabo San Lucas to have a nice image to attract more tourism.”

Laborde has announced that his focus will be improve and renew the image of the centro of Cabo San Lucas to improve and enhance the nightlife experience for travelers to one of the top tourist destinations in the entire country.

Next Steps To Improve Tourist Experience

The business owners in the centro of Cabo San Lucas have presented a remodeling project for the nightlife district to officials at the State of Baja California Sur Secretariat of Tourism and Economy for review and consideration.

While the business owners claim that time is of the essence to improve the experience travelers enjoy in Los Cabos with a renovation of the Cabo San Lucas centro nightlife area, no guideline has been provided for review and potential approval of the plans.

Business owners hope the plans can be approved and work considerably underway in time for the peak fall and winter holiday visitor travel periods.

What Tourists Need to Know

Efforts are underway to improve the tourist nightlife experience in Los Cabos and travelers may need to contend with some construction inconveniences once the plans get approved and the renovations get started.

The good news is that business owners in the centro of Cabo San Lucas are aware of the concern tourists have about the general image of the area and are working collaboratively with other government agencies to improve the nightlife travelers experience on their vacation getaway.

Do you think the centro of Cabo San Lucas is a destination location in Los Cabos for nightlife? What suggestions would you like to share with business owners to improve the tourist experience in the area? Post your comments and ideas in the comments section below.