After yesterday's double arrival, two of the five cruise ships that will visit our port this month have already come and gone. According to the Puerto Vallarta National Port System Administration, the remaining arrivals correspond to the Carnival Panorama, which will continue its weekly operation on Tuesdays.
According to Mexico's Health Secretary, Hugo López-Gatell, the vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus will be administered along with the influenza vaccine, as is done every year during cold and flu season, at health centers and clinics throughout the country.
AMLO recently announced that construction of the highway that will provide a shortcut between Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara will be completed by March 2024. Once completed, this highway will shorten travel time to 2 hours and 45 minutes.
Although more than 3 million passengers passed through the Puerto Vallarta International Airport during the first five months of the year, exceeding the total that it accumulated in the same period of 2022 by almost 20%, in the month of May there was a percentage growth of barely 1 percent.
A new Mexican airline called Señor Air, whose base will be in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, will soon start flying to Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Guadalajara and other destinations. According to the airline, it will operate with Brazilian-made Embraer 135 aircraft, small executive-style jets that have a capacity for 37 passengers.
Terminal 2 of the Puerto Vallarta International Airport, one of the most efficient air terminals in terms of environmental sustainability, is expected to be ready to serve 5 million passengers by the end of 2024. The innovative terminal will boast a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) project certification.
With the addition of two new routes and increased frequencies on 21 existing routes, American Airlines increases its nonstop flights between the U.S. and Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America this winter. This is good news for Texans traveling to Puerto Vallarta, as service from the DFW International airport will increase to 4 daily flights.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Jaime Camil and Abraham Ancer are featured in a star-studded promotional campaign for the upcoming amusement park at Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta, which is set to begin offering guided 'preview' tours of some of the theme park facilities and attractions on August 1, 2023.
The problem of garbage collection is an issue that worries citizens in cities all over the world, and Puerto Vallarta is no exception. In recent years, the generation of garbage in this city has increased significantly, which has led to the need to increase the number of collection trucks and provide citizens with quality trash removal service.
The Marina Vallarta Residents Association and the Municipality's Animal Welfare Branch are working on a plan to promote responsible pet ownership in that area of the municipality, which they hope will be a model to be followed by other communities, according to the director of the Association, Antonio García López.
