Puerto Vallarta hosts annual street art festival
If you’re heading down to Puerto Vallarta for a little Valentine’s Day romance, why not pay a visit to the Festival Madonnari 2025 in the main Plaza de Armas.
If you’re heading down to Puerto Vallarta for a little Valentine’s Day romance, why not pay a visit to the Festival Madonnari 2025 in the main Plaza de Armas.
The Mexican Tree Climbing Championship (Campeonato Mexicano de Trepa de Árboles) is set to take place in Puerto Vallarta from February 5-8. This competition showcases participants’ skills in climbing trees using various techniques and equipment.
The Mexican government has delayed implementing a controversial US$42 per head tax on cruise passengers, approved by the legislative branch in December 2023. Initially scheduled for January 2025, the tax’s rollout faced widespread backlash and logistical challenges.
Puerto Vallarta will construct a new pier adjacent to the Hotel Rosita, the port’s first established tourist accommodation.
As part of a major public transportation overhaul, electric buses will replace all the diesel units that currently circulate along Puerto Vallarta’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Francisco Medina Ascencio. Around 20,000 people use this route daily.
Angry Puerto Vallarta tourism service providers, business owners, merchants and transport workers took to the street this week to protest a new federal tax on cruise ship passengers approved by the Chamber of Deputies.
The Puerto Vallarta City Council has approved a 135-peso tax for foreign tourists to fund the use and maintenance of the resort’s public spaces and municipal services.