The 8th annual Travvy Awards took place on November 3 in Florida, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico won in five of the six categories for which it was nominated. Also known as the 'Academy Awards' of the travel industry, the Travvy Awards recognize the best in tourism worldwide.
Tourist service providers have reported the first humpback whale sightings in the Bahía de Banderas region, the 'advance' that anticipates the presence of hundreds of huge cetaceans during the following months. The official whale watching season doesn't start until December 8, so it is important to give them space until then.
The monumental Catrina of Puerto Vallarta, the main attraction of the 2022 Day of the Dead Festival in our municipality, established a new Guinness World Record with 22.67 meters in height, surpassing the 18.77 meters record held by Zapotlanejo, Jalisco since 2015.
From November 18 to 20, promising young beach volleyball players from all over Mexico will compete for $80 thousand Peso in prize money in the 'Beach Volleyball National Championship Puerto Vallarta 2022'. Scheduled to be held at the Playa Camarones facilities, matches will be played from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Entrance is free.
Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit are among the Mexican destinations that are most in demand for the upcoming winter season, according to Expedia. The most searched destinations for that period are Cancun and the Riviera Maya, followed by Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Mexico City and Baja California.
The United States and Mexico were the countries with the highest number of winners in the 100-kilometer and 100-mile (180 km) routes, respectively, of the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB) Mexico competition, which concluded in Puerto Vallarta on Sunday with an award ceremony on the Malecón.
Various departments of the municipal government of Puerto Vallarta are busy getting cemeteries throughout the municipality ready for the Day of the Dead festivities, which are expected to bring a large number of families to visit their dearly departed on November 1 and 2.
Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast between Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan early Sunday morning and quickly moved inland. The Cat 3 hurricane came ashore in roughly the same area where Hurricane Orlene made landfall Oct. 3.
Puerto Vallarta is under a Hurricane Watch as Tropical storm Roslyn is forecast to be a hurricane when it passes near and makes landfall along the west-central coast of Mexico late Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by strong winds and a potentially dangerous storm surge.
According to the most recent INEGI National Urban Public Security Survey, corresponding to the third quarter of 2022, Puerto Vallarta remains the safest city in Jalisco, and is again among the Top 10 with the lowest perception of insecurity on the national level.
