Tourism slumps in Mexico border city since caravan arrives
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tour operators and medical and dental offices in the Mexican border city of Tijuana are reporting a slowdown in business since a caravan of Central American migrants arrived.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Sunday that tourists and visitors have been cancelling planned trips to the Mexican state of Baja California since the border crossing shut down briefly a week ago after some migrants tried to rush across.
Tourism-friendly business owners say visitors fear getting trapped in Mexico should the crossing close again.
Antonio Gamboa, who owns a well-known food truck park, says business has slumped 30 percent.
Mexican authorities began moving Central American migrants out of an overcrowded shelter near the U.S.