The Daily Briefing – Monday, April 10, 2023

Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta exceeded 92% occupancy during Holy Week

The director of Municipal Tourism of Puerto Vallarta, Christian Preciado Cázares, informed that according to preliminary data, Puerto Vallarta registered an occupancy rate of over 92% during the first week of vacation, which will drop as of this Monday.

The head of the agency commented that Puerto Vallarta has had a great start to the Holy Week vacation period, with a great influx of tourism, especially from Guadalajara, the Bajío, Querétaro and Mexico City, even from other beach destinations such as Mazatlán or Manzanillo.

The official commented that occupancy will drop as of this Monday, since thousands of visitors will be returning home, but tourism with greater purchasing power will arrive and the economic spill will be greater. In this way Puerto Vallarta could reach 85% during Easter Week.

With reporting by Brenda Beltrán from Tribuna de la Bahía

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Puerto Vallarta passes the 2 million passenger mark

In the first quarter of the year, Puerto Vallarta International Airport has already surpassed two million passengers. This is an increase of 29.4% over the same period last year, according to the monthly report of the Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP).

Last month alone, 230 thousand passengers arrived in domestic flights to Puerto Vallarta, that is, 19.9% more than the same month of 2022, which was 191 thousand 900.

Thus, in the first three months of the year, the domestic market has 639,700 passengers.

Meanwhile, in international tourism, the air terminal of this tourist destination captured last month, 486 thousand 100 passengers, that is, 12.3% more than in March 2022, when there were 433 thousand. Therefore, this market alone exceeded one million visitors from January to March.

With reporting by Brenda Beltrán from Tribuna de la Bahía

Los Cabos News 

Business owners train staff to improve restaurant service

To address the shortage of trained and qualified staff in Los Cabos, business owners, the Amigos de Los Cabos Association and food and beverage executives will create a free training program called “Waiter Training Services” to improve the skills and abilities of service personnel in hotels, bars and restaurants.

The training courses will be free of charge to all employees of the tourism sector in Los Cabos and will consist of twelve modules where staff will receive training in English, mixology, oenology and customer service.  The training program begins next Tuesday, May 2.

With reporting by Luis Castrejón from Tribuna de México

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Los Cabos increases lifeguard presence after 9 rescues in one weekend

A total of nine swimmers were found to be in distress and in need of rescue, a significant number for just one weekend.

In response, the local government has decided to increase the number of lifeguards on Los Cabos beaches. Lifeguards in Los Cabos have a very demanding job due to the extreme natural conditions found in the destination.

Many of the beaches here have deceptively short shelves, meaning that a swimmer can enter the ocean waist-deep, only to find themselves abruptly treading water as the ocean floor drops more than 30 feet.

There are few areas where the water depth gradually increases. But it’s not the need to swim that makes Los Cabos beaches dangerous; it’s the conditions created by this drastic change in the underwater landscape.

Cancun News

Cozumel reports 104 percent increase in cruise ship passengers in 2023

Cozumel reports a 104 percent increase in the number of cruise ship passengers arriving in the first three months of 2023. The increase in numbers has consolidated the island as one of the preferred cruise destinations in the Mexican Caribbean.

These positive figures generate a stimulating effect in various sectors related to the arrival of passengers, such as tourism, food and leisure activities.

A total of 390 arrivals were recorded, an increase of 13 percent over the same period last year. The number of passengers increased from 604,445 to 1,230,627, representing a 104 percent growth in arrivals during this period compared to last year.

These results are part of the successful conclusion of the year 2022, which recorded a total of 1,117 cruises and 2,943,760 passengers in Cozumel.

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Tulum AMPI reports 300 new real estate developments for 2023

Luis Francisco Reyna Gómez, president of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) Tulum, says the majority of these developments will be for residential and commercial rentals.

He explained that there are currently several real estate projects under construction, while others are in the process of immediate delivery and some are still in the pre-sale process.

There is really a very wide variety of delivery dates and types of developments, including commercial but mostly residential.

Reyna Gómez recognized that in Tulum, the real estate industry is a changing market and they hope the investments will continue.

The head of AMPI Tulum said that 2023 has a lot of potential for growth. He also mentioned that the Maya Train and the new airport project will generate a boost in demand for both long term and vacation rentals.

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Selected international headlines

From Los Angeles Times

California’s big plans to electrify big rigs: Zero-emissions mandates gain momentum

From The Dallas Morning News

A single North Texas hospital saw 30 infant deaths from unsafe sleeping in last 15 months

From Phoenix’s 12news.com

Valley preparing for possible triple-digit heat this week

From Calgary Herald

Drag community gets support at public library story times after escalating protests

From Vancouver Sun

One of Vancouver’s most expensive properties has been taken over by squatters

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