Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Air arrivals to Puerto Vallarta exceed pre-pandemic levels for second month

Although slow, tourism in Jalisco has shown some progress towards its recovery despite the third wave of infections and the state declared as high risk for contagion of COVID-19.

Puerto Vallarta International Airport received 457,100 passengers in July, 14.4 percent more than in the same month of 2019 -pre-pandemic- when it had 399,500, according to data from the Pacific Airport Group (GAP), that manages this terminal. This is the second continuous month exceeding pre-pandemic figures.

The influx of passengers helped hotel occupancy to reach 70 percent in July, close . . .

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