Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - TRAVEL & LEISURE is an important magazine for the tourist industry, and in the "Favorite Places to Travel," article in it's last edition, Puerto Vallarta was highlighted as the eighth most desirable place to visit in Mexico, Central and South America.

The edition for Mexico has a circulation of 46,500 copies, and each year the magazine's readers vote for the best hotels, cruises, airlines, agencies and tourist destinations.

In the ranked list of cities in Mexico, Central and South America, Buenos Aires tops the list. Mexico City came in third, Puerto Vallarta placed 8th and Cancun was ranked #10. In the United States, New York continues to dominate as the favorite, and the top-rated city in the world is Bangkok.

The magazine's readers voted the top cities in México, Central and South America to be:

1. Buenos Aires
2. Cuzco
3. Ciudad de México
4. Rio de Janeiro
5. Santiago de Chile
6. Lima
7. Playa del Carmen
8. Puerto Vallarta
9. Panamá
10. Cancun