Puerto Vallarta has low expectations for tourism in the coming months due to the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico, and around the world. Puerto Vallarta closed the month of July with an average occupation of more than 22%, according to data from the Municipal Tourism Office. The city’s low season for tourism typically lasts August until...Read More

With the beginning of August, the season’s greatest arrival of sea turtles to the Puerto Vallarta coast begins, with the expectation of 3,000 turtle nests being registered this year. The number of turtle arrivals fluctuates year to year, and their presence on the Vallarta coast is of the utmost importance, and it demands care and...Read More

In recent years, Puerto Vallarta has distinguished itself as one of the safest cities in the country. It has always remained in the ‘top ten’ of the nation where people feel safe, according to the public surveys of Urban Public Security (ENSU) carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). The Mayor...Read More

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations, to be held in September, have been canceled in Puerto Vallarta. Mayor Arturo Dávalos Peña issued a statement from the Jalisco Secretary of Health, Fernando Petersen Aranguren, in which they announced the celebrations would be canceled due to the current coronavirus pandemic. Dávalos Peña indicated that...Read More

The “Emergency Button”, which was designed to completely stop all non-essential activities, will be redesigned to only stop entertainment activities at night and on weekends, the governor announced. “The design is going to be rethought so that when we stop, it is without significantly affecting economic activity, but rather stopping social life and recreational activities...Read More

On July 29, Puerto Vallarta recorded its highest single-day rate of COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic with 65 new cases. The previous record was 62 new daily cases on July 21. Less than 100 COVID-19 tests are processed daily, and only individuals with symptoms are tested. Currently, Puerto Vallarta’s positivity rate is...Read More

In the following 48 hours, the Government of Jalisco will analyze the indicators of the coronavirus pandemic in the state to meet next Thursday and take the decision to activate or not the so-called “emergency button” that would force to stop all non-essential activity for at least 14 days. The Governor of Jalisco announced that...Read More

As every week, Puerto Vallarta’s mayor, Arturo Dávalos Peña, participated in the security coordination table of the North Coast Region, where the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic was discussed. The conversation at the meeting included the number of beds that are available at public and private hospitals in the city, as well as the occupation...Read More

The Jalisco Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that after the attack registered on Saturday, July 18 in the Fluvial Vallarta neighborhood, in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, where a man died, there were four people who were kidnapped in the ambush. Through a statement, the agency reported that yesterday a person from Guanajuato filed a complaint to...Read More

According to data presented by the Federal Ministry of Health in the daily report on coronavirus in Mexico, Jalisco adds three weeks with an uptick in COVID-19 cases after the curve fell slightly after a first spike. “It seemed that from week 24 to 26 this trend began to decline, however in weeks 27, 28...Read More

A man was arrested this morning on the beaches of Puerto Vallarta for stealing 94 turtle eggs, the Secretary of State Security reported today. The detainee said his name was José Guadalupe “N”, he was 41 years old and that he was a resident of the Las Juntas neighborhood in Puerto Vallarta. According to the...Read More

The incidence of COVID-19 cases in Jalisco grew in the last week and is approaching the limit set by the state government for the activation of the emergency button that would stop non-essential activities. The weekly incidence of infection grew to 336.9 cases per million inhabitants, last week it was at 300.1. The limit that...Read More