Restaurant burns down in Vallarta
A restaurant on Puerto Vallarta’s Playa de los Muertos that had opened for business on December 17 burned to the ground on January 7.
A restaurant on Puerto Vallarta’s Playa de los Muertos that had opened for business on December 17 burned to the ground on January 7.
Lynne Benoit, the Canadian Consular Agent in the Puerto Vallarta/Riviera Nayarit area for the past 20 years, has stepped down from her position as of January 1.
Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Nayarit are being jointly marketed under a 36-million-dollar campaign to promote Mexico’s tourist industry in the United States and Canada.
The Centro Universitario de la Costa (CUC) this month celebrates 50 years since the filming of “The Night of the Iguana,” the movie that put the Pacific coast resort on the tourist map.
The Puerto Vallarta police force has created a special department to focus on domestic violence.
Twenty-seven hotels and restaurants are participating in Puerto Vallarta’s 19th International Gourmet Festival, which runs from November 14 to 23.
The 58th International Fishing Tournament of Puerto Vallarta takes place from November 13 to 16. There are major prizes up for grabs, including 180,000 pesos for whoever snags the biggest sailfish, another 150,000 pesos in the marlin category, 120,000 pesos for the biggest tuna and 80,000 pesos for the biggest mahi mahi.