2014 Summer Visitors to Puerto Vallarta Increased 15% Compared to Last Year Team Angels/Gerardo Gonzalez - Vallarta Opina | |
go to original August 26, 2014 |
About 400 thousand national and international tourists visited Puerto Vallarta so far in this Summer 2014 holiday period, representing an increase of 15 percentage points in terms of tourist numbers compared to 2013.
Carlos Gerard, Director of Municipal Tourism, said: "We had a very good season this Summer 2014, in fact the first two weeks based on a survey we did with the different hotels rated from two to five stars, a 90 percent occupancy rate was reported. Some of the large tourist hotels received one hundred percent occupancy which is an excellent tourist influx in Puerto Vallarta not only benefiting the hotels but also the different tourist operators, merchants, restaurateurs, taxi drivers, and tour guides, among others."
There has been a decrease in the number of visitors during the last two weeks, but positive figures are still expected thanks to the presence of tourists from Guadalajara and its metropolitan area, Mexico City and Monterrey, as well as Canadian, American and British visitors.
He explained that of the 400,000 tourists visiting this destination, 62,500 took a small boat to explore the bay, which represents about 15 percent of total visitors, while another 15 percent opted for shore excursions or adventure horseback riding, ATV, canopy, and others.
"This 15 percent increase over the same period in 2013 is great news for the Tourism Board of Puerto Vallarta and exceeds expectations from earlier this year which represents the successful promotion actions at the national and international level of the joint campaign of Vallarta-Nayarit."
Gerard continued that in additional to the promotional efforts, an important part of these results is the expertise and service offered by different travel providers, "It is the hotelier, restaurateur, merchant, taxi driver or tour guide that actually ensure that our visitors have an unforgettable experience and therefore we thank them for creating a faithful following of guests who return year after year and this number is on the rise."
Translated and edited by Team Angels
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