Among the main crops harvested are wheat, corn, beans, chick-pea, cotton, chile, melon, watermelon, tomato, avocado, mango, oranges, papaya, and asparagus. Baja California Sur also has vast fisheries located off its coasts. Commercial species in Baja waters include shrimp, tuna, oysters, shark, abalone, lobster, scallops, sardines, and squid. Industries in the state produce a wide variety of manufactured goods, including shoes, leather products, paper products, and chemicals. The state has two industrial parks, Los Planes and Sur, which provide all modern services and which have an industrial infrastructure to accommodate international corporations.
Tourism is the state's largest industry in terms of revenue.
Baja California Sur has three main tourist areas. Los Cabos is the largest and most extensively developed. The natural beauty and geographical variety of the state s tourist areas have made them all of them centers of ecotourism. Specially trained guides escort visitors on excursions to the sierra of La Laguna and sierra of San Francisco cave paintings. Wildlife enthusiasts come to the state to see the whales offshore and to study the flora and fauna of the desert regions, among others.