2024 snowbirds bring revenue boost to Foothills restaurants [Video]

CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Ariz. (KGUN) — The last few weeks, the chefs at Inca’s Peruvian Cuisine on Sunrise have been extra busy making more plates of ‘lomo saltado’ and pisco sour drinks. Business owner Fatima Campos has noticed the uptick in more and more ‘snowbird’ customers driving this lunch and dinner rush.

“We are so happy to welcome them every year and we see repeating faces every year. We just love that,” she said.

Looking back at past years, Campos and her children, Luis and Elena Campos, have noticed many seasonal customers have become regulars while they’re staying in Southern Arizona. Luis Campos said his family’s enterprise has benefited from word of mouth. “(People) tell each other about Tucson, and (how) these are the places to go try,” he said.

“We always have a good, good connection with our existing customers from out of town and also our regulars,” Fatima Campos …