Los Cabos Luxury Pivot Prices Out Everyday Travelers (thecabosun.com)

Los Cabos has shifted to a luxury-first strategy, with roughly 80 percent of its 19,000 hotel rooms now rated five-star or luxury, pushing average daily rates to $440-$470 and new properties to $1,500-$2,000 a night, the highest in Mexico. Cancun has followed the same playbook and now faces months of double-digit declines in international passenger arrivals, while the Dominican Republic, with over 50,000 rooms across price tiers at $150-$300 a night, saw a 7.8 percent arrival increase through the third quarter and is nearing 8.5 million visitors.