Nayarit to Shift Tourism From Vallarta to Expanded Tepic Airport Jose Reyes Burgos - Vallarta en Linea
go to original January 28, 2022

Tourism to the Riviera Nayarit will no longer be brought to that state from the Puerto Vallarta airport, but from the Tepic airport, which will be expanded to become an international complex with flights to several destinations.

At least that is the intention of Nayarit Governor Miguel Angel Navarro Quintero, who has promoted the separation of the Riviera Nayarit from Puerto Vallarta and Jalisco, first announcing the change of name from Nuevo Vallarta to "Nuevo Nayarit" and from Punta de Mita to "Punta Nayarit".

This under the argument that "it cannot promote another state", in reference to Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta. Now, the Congress of Nayarit approved the transfer of the Amado Nervo Airport in Tepic to the state-owned company Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA), which will execute 1.2 billion pesos to extend the runway and build a new terminal.

"Tourists arriving here to the capital will leave an economic benefit and wherever they want to travel to, be it San Blas or Compostela," commented Congressman Luis Alberto Zamora Romero, who voted in favor of this transfer.

The project was put on the table by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador himself, who in a tour of Bandeeas Bay had commented that "in order to develop the north and the interior of the state, the airport would be expanded so that tourism would enter through Nayarit and not only through Vallarta".

It is important to mention that the success of this project depends on the opening of the Las Varas - Bucerias and Las Varas - Tepic highways so that the transfer of tourists may be quick and successful in competing against the Puerto Vallarta airport.

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