For October 2021, the total number of terminal passengers at GAP’s 12 Mexican airports increased by 3.4%, compared to the same period of 2019. Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana airports presented an increase in passenger traffic of 27.5%, 17.8% and 15.1%, respectively, while the Guadalajara airport presented a decrease of 7.8%.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the White House on November 18 to meet with President Joe Biden for the first North American Leaders' Summit since 2016. The summit comes shortly after the US began easing restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada & Mexico.

Due to the drop in accumulated cases, hospitalizations, active cases and the Covid-19 positivity rate in Jalisco, the Board of Health on Monday approved increased capacities and lessened restrictions for commercial, social, and recreational activities. However, the December pilgrimages, patron saint festivities and posadas are prohibited.

As global demand for avocados continues to rise, new market opportunities are opening up for Mexican producers to place their product in other countries besides the US. Although Michoacán is the leading avocado producing state in the country, growers from Jalisco, Nayarit and Morelos are making inroads in the international market.

About six million AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in Mexico on Saturday. Data from the health ministry showed 5,993,700 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the Latin American country. News of the vaccine delivery comes after Mexico received almost 6.5 million doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine.

As part of his third government report, Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez said that he anticipates the State to return to green when Mexico's Covid-19 Risk Traffic Light Map is updated next week. This is positive news for Puerto Vallarta, as a good number of tourists are expected during the winter season.

There are just a couple of days left before we get that opportunity for an extra hour's sleep in the morning. That's right, daylight saving time 2021 officially ends for most of Mexico at 2 am on Sunday, October 31st. If you are here in Puerto Vallarta, be sure to set your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night.

Almost four in five Mexican adults are at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the latest official data. The Health Ministry reported Sunday that 69.97 million people, or 78% of adults, have had at least one shot. Of that number, just under 53.5 million people, or 76% of the total, are fully vaccinated.

The Biden administration on Monday released updated guidelines for traveling into the United States, including stricter requirements on U.S. citizens who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 as well as some exceptions for foreign travelers. The new regulations will go into effect on November 8.

Researchers have so far discovered nearly 2,500 pre-Hispanic structures, 80 burial sites and thousands of vessels and fragments along the route of the 'Maya Train,' Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced on October 21. Discoveries ranged from mounds to bases with complex architecture, INAH archaeologists said.