Vallarta seeks to win back gay tourism crown
Puerto Vallarta wants to reclaim its reputation as Mexico’s most gay-friendly destination, the city’s Tourism Secretary Carlos Gerard announced this week.
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Puerto Vallarta wants to reclaim its reputation as Mexico’s most gay-friendly destination, the city’s Tourism Secretary Carlos Gerard announced this week.
The Puerto Vallarta International Triathlon on Sunday, April 28 is expected to draw over 1,000 participants and generate more than five million pesos in revenue over the weekend.
Plans are moving ahead to combine the municipal police forces of Puerto Vallarta and Bahia de Banderas in a bid to stop criminals escaping justice.
Leading up to the Easter vacation, Puerto Vallarta authorities removed many illegal billboards and canvas signs, and also painted over ugly wall publicity.
A two-year-old boy from Colorado was murdered, allegedly by his babysitter’s ‘drug-induced’ ex-boyfriend, at a rented vacaction home in Sayulita last Thursday.
In a move that may be copied by other tourist centers in Mexico, Puerto Vallarta’s municipal government has opened an office to attend specifically to the multiple needs of visitors and foreign residents.
Puerto Vallarta’s street vendors are up in arms about having to leave the Malecon. The new city administration is trying to clear the boardwalk of ambulantes to create a better image to visitors.
Chili Cookoffs are becoming all the rage among expat communities in western Mexico.
A heavy police and military presence descended on Jalisco’s southern coastal region this week, following several shootings, one of which resulted in the death of a municipal police officer.