Ten new natural gas buses are scheduled to arrive this week as part of the Jalisco Transportation Secretariat's plan to improve the public transportation system in Puerto Vallarta. According to the president of UNIBUS, 80 more units will arrive in July, bringing the total number of buses serving the city to 315.
Puerto Vallarta is recording an excellent start to the year in terms of tourism, not only because of the number of domestic and foreign tourists it receives by air or land, but also by sea, which is on the rise. In the first 2 months of 2023, 51 cruise ships carrying 150,425 passengers visited our port.
During the two-week-long holiday period of Semana Santa and Pascua, tourist destinations in the state of Jalisco will average 60-65% hotel occupancy in general. However, Tourism Secretary Claudia Vanessa Pérez Lama predicts that Puerto Vallarta will reach full capacity during the first week of Easter vacation.
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.
