It has numerous restaurants specializing in seafood products and diverse hotel offerings, operating all year round, but mainly occupied in the summer season.

The earthquake and tsunami of February 27, 2010 greatly affected Dichato, mainly its flat sector, where the force of the sea destroyed everything in its path.

The dichas (from the Mapudungun word dichon, to stab) are the names of various herbs from the nictiginaceae family, which encompasses around 350 species spread across 38 genera (they are characterized by having smooth-edged leaves opposite the stems and flowers without petals).

He divided his land among his children, including Casimiro Vera Celedón, who wrote the first known poems in the area and a text called "La pastora del Pingueral."

A year later, the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami caused intense swells along the coast of Dichato, Constitución, and Coliumo, dragging boats and affecting some homes.

The works included the expropriation of sites located on the first beach line to widen the street and create a "tsunami mitigation park."

Tourism has been important since the 1980s, through recreational services, typical food restaurants, and accommodations in small hotels, residential homes, and private cabins.

Tourism development in this town has occurred in the past two decades with the opening of restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, as well as real estate projects for apartment buildings.