Ceviche and Beer Festival This Week! La Paz will hold the festival at the bandstand of the malecón on Saturday October 26 and is inviting all to join! The Ceviche and Beer fest will take place from 1:00 to 8:00 pm, with live music, and entrance is free. Enjoy!
It’s Raining Sea Turtles! So to speak. A total of 158 sea turtle nests with 16,000 eggs were detected at the Grand Faro beach in San Jose del Cabo last week. The eggs were retrieved by Navy (Marina) personnel along with sea turtle protection organizations and transported to safe areas. Thank you!
New Montreal – Los Cabos Flight The Los Cabos Tourism Fund (FITURCA) announced the return of the Montreal, Canada flight to Los Cabos this November. By the end of the year, it is expected that our International airport will welcome 900 flights per week. We are currently receiving flights from
Los Ángeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Baltimore, Las Vegas and Milwaukee, with American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines. From Canada, we are receiving flights from Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver with WestJet, Air Canada and Sunwing Airlines.
Red Bull Racing Star Does La Paz. Sergio “Checo” Perez, Mexican Racing driver that is currently competing in Formula One for Red Bull Racing was seen in La Paz getting a little R&R with his wife. Checo won his first championship in the national class of the 2007 British Formula 3 International Series with T-Sport. Pérez signed for Red Bull to partner Max Verstappen. He took his first win for the team at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Pérez took further wins in 2022 at the Monaco and Singapore Grands Prix, amongst his maiden pole position in Saudi Arabia, finishing the season in third. Pérez finished runner-up to Verstappen in the 2023 World Drivers’ Championship.
Palladium Hotel Groups Expands to Los Cabos. As part of their plans, revealed during the FITUR (The International Tourism Fair), the Palladium Group announced that it is looking for an additional location in Los Cabos. The group already operates 10 hotels in Mexico, mostly in the Yucatán Peninsula, Cancun and Nayarit. Stay tuned.
Yacht Impounded for Illegal Fishing. Members of the Mexican Navy, in cahoots with the National commission of fisheries (CONAPESCA) impounded a yacht for catching a 110 lbs. marlin without a proper fishing permit in Cabo Pulmo national park. The yacht owners will have to pay a hefty fine to get it back and the marlin was donated to DIF, a government run charity organization to feed the needy. This is a warn to all tourists who must check with their leased boat captains if they have their fishing permits in order before going out.
Tourism Spending Keeps on Growing. From January to August 2024, Mexico’s Statistics agency (INEGI) reports an increase in pilgrims’ expense of 5.33 percent against the same period last year, with a total of $20.7 billion USD recorded. The number of international tourists that landed in Mexico also increased by 6.63 percent, to 3.45 million. Thank you for loving Mexico!
Governor Asks for Donations. It must be a sad day when Victor Castro, Baja California Sur governor, has to ask for donations from business people. In this case, from owners of water trucks. As we all know, the water scarcity in Los Cabos is just getting worse and worse, with homes not getting water supplied for up to 4 weeks. Plus, this summer we have only had two days of rain. Hence, Castro wants water trucks to deliver free potable water to the neediest barrios. We remember when, back in 2021, Castro was running for governor and with a big smile he promised the “End of the water crisis.” Sigh.
Tourism Spending Keeps on Growing. From January to August 2024, Mexico’s Statistics agency (INEGI) reports an increase in pilgrims’ expense of 5.33 percent against the same period last year, with a total of $20.7 billion USD recorded. The number of international tourists that landed in Mexico also increased by 6.63 percent, to 3.45 million. Thank you for loving Mexico!
Yacht Impounded for Illegal Fishing. Members of the Mexican Navy, in cahoots with the National commission of fisheries (CONAPESCA) impounded a yacht for catching a 110 lbs. marlin without a proper fishing permit in Cabo Pulmo’s national park, which is a no-no. The yacht owners will have to pay a hefty fine to get it back and the marlin was donated to DIF, a government run charity organization to feed the needy. This is a warn to all tourists who must check with their leased boat captains if they have their fishing permits in order before going out.
Cost of Homes in Southern Baja Increasing. Yeah, we all know that. But, did you know that the increase is 6 points higher than the country’s average?
While the rest of the country sees increases from 3.9 to 12.5 percent, southern Baja reports an increase of 15.7 percent in mortgaged homes. And yes, it is hard to find an affordable home to buy for most workers. Home rental prices have skyrocketed also.
Mexico’s New President Announces Plans for Our State. During her first days in office, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she will promote the creation of recycling plants in Baja California Sur, Baja North, Sonora, Colima and Guerrero.
Sheinbaum also emphasized the need to improve mobility in our state, specifically with major improvements to the Transpeninsular highway from La Paz to Tijuana, to increase accessibility to products, household goods and more. Stay tuned.