Monday, March 20 is a National Holiday, with banks, government offices and many businesses closed as Mexico celebrates Benito Juárez, who rose from humble origins to occupy the Presidency on several occasions during the turbulent second half of the 19th century.
Last week, for the eighth consecutive time, the Marina Riviera Nayarit met all of the requirements needed to retain their Blue Flag credentials for another year. The Blue Flag is a recognition by the FEE that's awarded to beaches and marinas that meet established criteria for quality, safety, and environmental education.
Puerto Vallarta Mayor Professor Luis Alberto Michel Rodríguez recently presented the most important strategic projects that his government will carry out this year to consolidate the transformation of the city's infrastructure. The plan's 160 actions and works will cost the municipality 232 million pesos.
Vallarta Gay Clinic, Puerto Vallarta’s health clinic for the LGBT Community, is holding its Grand Opening open house on Friday, March 17, 2023, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. The party is open to the public, and community legend Hedda Lettuce will lead the official Rainbow Ribbon Cutting at 6:00 pm.
The Puerto Vallarta International Airport continued its great start to the year in February with an almost 32% increase in the number of passengers compared to the same month of 2022. With this, PVR once again welcomed more passengers than at any other air terminal operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP).
The prestigious American interior design and lifestyle magazine, Elle Decor, ranked The World's 20 Most Beautiful Cities to Visit in Your Lifetime, and Puerto Vallarta appears as the tenth best destination on this list, above Lucerne, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; Cartagena, Colombia; Venice, Italy and Cork, Ireland, among others.
The Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust recently announced that Viva Aerobus has increased the number of available flights between Guadalajara and this tourist destination. The low-cost airline, which previously offered 7 flights a week, is now operating 16 weekly flights.
With 13,263 new jobs registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute in February, a total of 31,557 new jobs were created in Jalisco in the first 2 months of the year. During this period, 287,573 new job openings were recorded nationwide, of which Jalisco contributed 11%.
With Semana Santa just around the corner, the Puerto Vallarta tourism sector is preparing for the massive arrival of visitors. Hoteliers are confident that occupancy rates will be similar to those registered a year ago, which vacillated between 85 and 90 percent.
Good news for Puerto Vallarta residents and visitors. The municipal government negotiated a deal with the telecommunications company Izzi to install open and free internet networks in high-traffic areas, including the Malecón, and they are now up and running!
