“This is the first time I am seeing this beach this empty,” said Mr. Aslanyan, the lone diner at a restaurant on Rosarito’s oceanfront. On the day of the shutdown, the more than 59,000 restaurants and hotels in the Tijuana and Rosarito Beaches metropolitan area suffered a collective loss of $6.7 million, Mr. Espitia estimated. “Events like the migrant caravan, without proper response or preventive measures, can have an economic impact in the daily lives of people in this area,” he said. The Central American migrants have generally been warmly received in Mexico. He said his business had plummeted by almost 80 percent in the past two months.

Source: New York Times January 19, 2019 10:00 UTC