Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta Expects Record Tourism for Semana Santa 2014

Authorities say the upcoming Semana Santa holiday (Easter Holidays) will be a record breaker for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

"I dare say we'll be about 100 percent, because we have 22 thousand hotel rooms in Puerto Vallarta. When we say that we are at 100% that is a tourist population of 66,000, however there are condos and other Puerto Vallarta real estate that serve as vacation rentals and are not included in our estimates. We believe we will have over 80,000 tourists in the city on any given day” said Carlos Gerard, head of Municipal Tourism.

"This 2014 . . .

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