Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico – Tourism recovery is progressing responsibly in Puerto Vallarta, which continues to be a preferred destination for national and international tourists, as proven by booking engines’ travel trends and an increase in the number of flights by major airlines.
According to data from Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, flights in the first half of March alone registered a 19% increase over the entire month of February (when the PVR airport welcomed 1,390 flights) and, with the Easter vacation period right around the corner, a total of 1,661 national (641) and international (1021) flights are expected to have arrived by the end of the month.
Puerto Vallarta is prepared to safely receive Easter and Semana Santa visitors. Authorities not only have all of the traditional Spring Break tourism operations in place, but have reinforced these measures with the Covid-19 preventative actions implemented by the Jalisco government’s Health Board. (Click HERE for more details.)
UNITED AIRLINES’ CONFIDENCE
In light of the increased demand for flights to Mexican destinations, United Airlines recently announced that it will have a series of new flights to Mexico this summer, highlighting Puerto Vallarta among the most sought after beaches by potential American tourists.
The airline, based in Chicago, is increasing frequencies to its short-haul international network, adding flights to nearly every destination it serves in Mexico, including Puerto Vallarta, as well as some in the Caribbean and Central America.
United announced an increase of 1,091 flights to or from Mexico between May and October of this year, representing a 20 percent increase compared with the previous scenario at the beginning of the year, which shows the confidence in international travel to nearby destinations in this country, as more people are vaccinated in the United States.
The added flights to Puerto Vallarta will be from Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and Newark.
If the conditions established by the pandemic do not change, the increase in flights to Puerto Vallarta expected by United for June 2021 is as follows: Denver from one to two daily flights, Newark from one to three a week, Los Angeles two weekly to one daily, and Chicago from one weekly to one daily.
Experts consider that the days of the pandemic are numbered in the United States due to the rapid advance of vaccination against Covid with an average of 2.5 million daily doses. By early July, 70 percent of the population of the U.S. will have antibodies and herd immunity will have been achieved, which will undoubtedly impact a greater number of trips by North Americans to their favorite destinations, Puerto Vallarta, among them.
VERY DESIRED DESTINATION
To add to the optimism of the travel sector, Price Travel Holding revealed that so far the destinations most requested by travelers for the Easter holiday period are the beaches of Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific, along with others in the Caribbean, which have also been the most reserved by vacationers.
Likewise, it should be noted that both in the metasearch engine Booking.com and in the online travel agency Despegar, Puerto Vallarta is also in the first places of preference and leads the reservations for the upcoming vacation period, considering that more and more people want to leave their places of origin, after a long period of being stuck at home.
The upcoming vacation period is one of the most important to boost the recovery of the tourism sector, and Puerto Vallarta is prepared to take advantage of it responsibly.
Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust press release translated and edited by Maria Francesca for BanderasNews.com.
