The beaches, the boardwalk, the hospitality of the people, safety, cleanliness, restaurants, excursions and tours, is what stands out the most with Puerto Vallarta visitors, according to a survey conducted by the management of Municipal Tourism. According to the opinions gathered among just over 500 tourists surveyed, during the last half of February, tourists were...Read More
Grupo Vidanta is already planning to invest in a tourist complex on Islas Marías, through the construction of a hotel and the incorporation of its Elegant Vidanta sea cruise to the Puerto Vallarta-Mazatlán-Islas Marías route. The president of the Mexican conglomerate of hotels and resorts and real estate (Grupo Vidanta), Daniel Chávez Morán, is among...Read More
The government of Puerto Vallarta had more than a year to expand the North Collector and avoid the rupture that occurred last week causing contamination of beaches and the Estero El Salado. Several inspections had already warned of a possible collapse due to the growing construction of condominiums in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood and an...Read More
The Ministry of Health of Jalisco (SSJ), through the Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks of the State (Coprisjal), reported that the bacteriological quality of the water on the beaches adjoining the Estero “El Salado” is apt for recreational use. Since last March 6, Coprisjal has monitored the beaches affected by the collapse of...Read More
After the rupture, last week, of the wastewater collector in Puerto Vallarta, the beaches adjoining the El Salado estuary continue to be under daily surveillance of the bacteriological quality of the water by the Jalisco Ministry of Health (SSJ), through the Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks of the State (Coprisjal). The areas that...Read More
After being disincorporated from the Federal Penitentiary System, the penal colony of Islas Marías has begun transferring 525 inmates to other prison complexes in Mexico. Alfonso Durazo, Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, reported on his Twitter account that these inmates were taken to other federal centers for social rehabilitation with the help of the...Read More
After the sanitary alert issued on beaches in the El Salado estuary area in Puerto Vallarta on March 7, the municipal and state governments reported that the north-central collector has been repaired in Puerto Vallarta. A sanitary alert was issued for beaches in Puerto Vallarta and the El Salado estuary on March 7, four days...Read More
It will be “months” that pass until the environmental damage caused by the rupture of a sewage collector has cleared. The rupture is throwing thousands of liters of sewage into the Natural Protected Area of Estero El Salado, and its adjoining beaches in Puerto Vallarta. Martín Pérez Peña, a teacher in Marine Ecology at the...Read More
Something serious is happening in Puerto Vallarta that has not been properly attended by the authorities, nor has it received local or national media attention. Recently, at least three cases of the disappearance of women have been reported, two of them, adolescents who were fortunately found, while an adult woman nine months pregnant is still...Read More
As a precaution, the Mayor of Puerto Vallarta has ordered beaches closed in the northern zone of the city until the spill of sewage from the center-north collector has been resolved. The decision was made to avoid possible risks to the health of people, based on the recommendations issued by the Commission for Protection against...Read More
A car chase and shootout through several streets of Puerto Vallarta came to an end without any fatalities, and two arrested. It was a call to 911 that alerted police about a Jeep truck parked on Francisco Villa Avenue in front of the PKDO Bar, upon the arrival of police, the driver of the car...Read More
The Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) warns of a latent risk of enterococcal infection in the seawater of the Estero El Salado Protected Natural Area and its adjoining beaches in Puerto Vallarta. Through the Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks of the State (Coprisjal) the population is urged to avoid contact or submersion in this area....Read More
The mayor Arturo Dávalos Peña asked the media to ‘keep silent’ on the issue of pollution that was caused by the rupture of a Seapal pipeline, he said, it damages the image of Puerto Vallarta a few weeks before of the holiday period. The mayor said “We took on the task of informing, of meeting...Read More
After seven consecutive years, this 2019 the Carnival celebrations and parade in Puerto Vallarta was not carried out, after a sudden and still unexplained situation. The announcement was made public through the social networks in which the publicity of the event appears with a legend in English and in Spanish of “Canceled / Canceled”. Among...Read More
The municipal government of Puerto Vallarta, through the Tourism Department, has scheduled a series of activities that will give greater appeal to the downtown and will be an important attraction for tourists over the Easter holidays. Ramón González Lomelí, head of the agency, said that the city will provide activities that promote the destination over...Read More
