What you can and can’t do when traveling to Rocky Point this summer

Guadalupe Hernández, who is part of a musical band that entertains streets, restaurants and parties in Puerto Peñasco — beach town in Sonora, México —, said that for a while he and his employees had a very hard time.

The pandemic had set its lockdown across the streets and coast of Rocky Point, its most common name for English-speaking Arizonans, and its tourism industry was struggling — much like other parts of México and the world.

But more than a year into the pandemic, as Mexican health authorities progress in their vaccination efforts against COVID-19, “the sun has risen again” in the port, Hernández said.

“It was already necessary to see many people on the beach; happy families walking along the boardwalk, dancing and enjoying themselves,” said Hernández, signaling that the Sonoran beach destination is now open for business.