The Riviera Nayarit is renewing its tourist offer with the transformation of the 117-room Grand Matlali Hills Resort & Spa, which by 2021 will become the All-Inclusive Delta by Marriott, the first Marriott International hotel with this branding anywhere in the world.
The Municipal Government and Institute of Culture continue working to preserve the sculptural heritage of Puerto Vallarta. Over the last 12 months, some of the city's most recognized public art pieces have been restored, the most recent being the monument to Lázaro Cárdenas.
Puerto Vallarta has another notable piece of public art, but you won't see it unless you're driving. Local artist Elodia Jiménez has painted a colorful mural on the interior wall of the 'small' tunnel that leads from the Libramiento to the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood.
The Municipal Government is ready to reopen more Puerto Vallarta businesses & activities, including theaters, cultural venues, recreational parks and open-air spas on July 20, but the State Government will determine when these enterprises can resume operations.
One of the most iconic beaches in Puerto Vallarta, Playa de Los Muertos, topped this year's list of the World's Best Gay Beaches published by GayCities.com. This distinction is relevant, as Gay Cities is a reference site for LGBT tourism in North America.
The beaches of Nayarit remain closed, but COVID-19 hasn't interrupted the Riviera Nayarit's commitment to the protection and conservation of sea turtles. Egg collection, incubation and hatchling releases continue in turtle camps, which now have special health measures in place.
The Santa Barbara-Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee has come up with some creative ways to support PV's Volcanes Food Bank, which was was established in early March to help families in this impoverished community survive the pandemic, which devastated the area economically.
Police in the municipality of Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit were assigned to a different type of duty last Sunday, when curious crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of an elephant seal sunbathing on the beach in the small town of San Francisco, better known as 'San Pancho.'
Last weekend, the Puerto Vallarta Tourism and Economic Development Commission presented a comprehensive plan to revitalize La Isla del Río Cuale to city council members. The first of the project's four stages is currently underway, with an investment of 2 million pesos.
Puerto Vallarta Mayor Arturo Dávalos Peña's plan to create bicycle lanes on various roads in the city will get a boost from the '4s Mobility Plan,' Mexico's strategy for facing the challenges of mobility and societal well-being in the 'new normality' derived from the COVID pandemic.
