According to Luis Romero Chávez, the president of Transporte Unido Costa Pacífico, 15 new buses have been added into circulation in Puerto Vallarta over the past couple of weeks, and 10 more units will arrive next week. These new buses are meant to better meet the needs of users on all of the different routes in the city.

In 2022, the Puerto Vallarta Maritime Terminal received 186 international cruise ships with a total of 458,318 passengers, excellent numbers that meant a very interesting upturn after the complicated period of the pandemic, which still affected cruise tourism in the previous year.

After taking a break for the Christmas holidays, on Monday, January 9, SEAPAL Vallarta resumed infrastructure works in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood. The work is now being carried out at the intersection of Basilio Badillo and Pino Suárez, and it is expected that the project will take a total of three days to complete.

The Puerto Vallarta International Airport achieved the best passenger traffic in its history last year, with more than 6,200,000 travelers passing through its doors in 2022, according to the latest report from the air terminal's operator Grupo Aeroportuario Pacific. This represents an increase of 22.9% over the 5 million in 2019.

From January 7-21, the municipal government of Puerto Vallarta will set up natural Christmas trees collection points in different areas of the municipality, to prevent people from dumping them on public roads. The garbage collection trucks will not be able to collect them from where trash is usually left for pick-up.

Four of the thirty cruise ships that Puerto Vallarta will welcome this month have already arrived, the first being the Discovery Princess on Monday, which was followed by the first triple arrival of the year (the Norwegian Jewel, the Navigator of the Seas and the Norwegian Joy) on Tuesday.

Puerto Vallarta Mayor Profe Michel arrived minutes before the Cadastre office in the Municipal Administrative Unit opened on January 2, to greet and thank the first 5 people to pay their 2023 property taxes, which he said will be used to improve Vallartenses' quality of life. He reminded taxpayers that payments made in January receive a 15% discount.

Puerto Vallarta is an awesome place to party anytime of the year, but on New Year’s Eve it literally detonates! Fireworks exploding all over Banderas Bay provide an excellent backdrop for the festivities, and wherever you turn the city is one huge party, with something fun for every taste and budget.

According to the most recent study by the Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks of Jalisco (Coprisjal), which was done prior to the current Christmas and New Year's vacation period, the beaches of Puerto Vallarta are suitable for recreational use.

With the collaboration of committed companies and people who joined the cause, more than 2,000 chickens, along with vegetables and bread, were distributed in rural areas and various neighborhoods of Puerto Vallarta on December 20 and 21st to ensure that underprivileged families could enjoy a Christmas dinner.