Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Sargassum in Quintana Roo is helping to drive tourism to Puerto Vallarta

During April, the Sargassum (brown seaweed) and the lack of promotion in Quintana Roo hit the hotel occupancy, and although this year, the Easter holiday period fell in April, which should have driven the arrival of tourists, occupancy in Cancun and Puerto Morelos was lower than in the same month last year, but Puerto Vallarta saw a rebound during the same period.

In Quintana Roo, hotel occupancy was 80.2 percent, 5.9 percentage points less than that registered in April last year, according to data from the Tourism Secretariat of Quintana Roo. In Riviera Maya, hotel occupancy was 83 . . .

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