Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is one of the most popular resorts in the world. Because Vallarta is located along the Pacific Mexican Riviera, a considerable part of these tourists arrive by boat. On a large cruise ship, it comes with many individual yachts, but major.
Ten years ago, a cruise ship would arrive at Balata everyday. Cruise ships will arrive for two consecutive days at some time during the "high season" from November to May where the average temperature is 73 degrees Fahrenheit.
Five years ago, the popularity of cruising and cruising to the Riviera, especially Mexico, was able to find a cruise liner at the Puerto Vallarta Maritime Terminal almost every day. There is also a second cruise liner anchored in the Banderas Bay. Passengers from the anchored ship made a round trip to the shore by a small bid.
Two years ago I was able to ride at least one cruise ship every day in Balata. Also, one or two boats are often anchored in the bay. Traffic at the marine terminal was very heavy, so the authorities of Vallarta began construction at the new Maritime Terminal.
Construction of a new maritime terminal in Puerto Vallarta was completed in early 2007, and the number of cruise customers has tripled. Today, at least two cruise ships are usually docked at the Maritime terminal and three are displayed frequently. Cruising to Vallarta is very popular and there is a time of "high season" where the 4th ship needs to anchor in the bay! Since there are an average of 2,000 passengers aboard the ship, 4,000 to 8,000 tourists arrive on a cruise ship every day.
(To be interesting, Puerto Vallarta International Airport is four times bigger recently to arrive everyday and to accommodate departing flights.)
I started to feel the amount of cruising customers arriving daily to Vallarta on a commercial cruise ship so let's consider what arrives at private yachts.
Ten years ago, Puerto Vallarta was home to a beautiful 400 slip marina for private yachts ranging from 30 feet to over 100 feet. In Nuevo Vallarta, there was also a marina with 380 slides for small boats of 30 feet in length.
Many important new marina construction projects were implemented for recent additional slips, larger slips, and yacht related services. Some of them have been completed, some are currently under construction and some are still in the planning stages.
For example, the beautiful Nuevo Vallarta Marina currently has nearly 250 slips for a yacht ranging from 30 feet to 120 feet. The contemporary $ 50 million Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle is equipped with about 400 berths for about 40% for yachts ranging from 30 feet to 400 feet. Fonatur of Mexico's National Tourism Development Trust plans 150 slip marina in the Phase 1 development program just north of Punta de Mita. These marinas will be 400 times more than the 1, 200 private yachts, so we will triple the total number of tourists who cruise individually to Vallarta.
Well, as the number of tourists over the growth of Vallarta district and Vallarta has increased, I will search what will happen if these tourists arrive in Paradise.
When tourists leave the commercial cruise liners and private yachts, they are greeted first with Mexico's friendly face speaking English. Since the local economy is based solely on the tourism industry, almost everyone speaks English to some extent, communication is never a barrier to Vallarta. As familiar faces as revealed by readers' Conde Nast survey, Ballata has been chosen as one of the most attractive resorts in the world.
Of all things, people arriving on a cruise ship are watching the Sam's Club, Mega Wal-Mart, and a huge new modern shopping center. Perhaps they are not expected to be sleepy and see in a small Mexican fishing village! Because they are expected to have a population of 350 thousand inhabitants and are expected to reach 600 thousand by 2015, Vallarta will soon discover that they are no longer drowsy and are almost asleep.
Unfortunately, a person arriving on a cruise ship generally takes only about 8 hours in the town, and the ship cruises around the next trip to the Riviera port in Mexico. While in town, they have many options for city activities and tour methods. Some also choose to play golf in one of several magnificent seven courses. Some others may want to play tennis for 4 hours deep sea fishing with one of several hundred tennis courts. Some have jungle safaris, ATV traveling through the Sierra Madre Mountains, swimming with dolphins, snorkeling, swimming and so on. Wild tourists watch the bus tour through the city and then there are villas in the hills overlooking the bay of Millions dollar pasture Banderas.
Most of these cruisers catch one of thousands of taxis, walk around Malecon at the beach, shop a lot of boutiques, and eat at hundreds of wonderful restaurants in the town It is just going.
Regardless of what the cruiser does during the short stay at Balata, they are all treated with dignity, respect and friendship, so I am eager to come back for a long visit next time. The taste of Vallarta is very addictive, the next visit will be air, it lasts more than a week.
Those coming to their private yacht generally stay for a long time. Indeed, in Vallarta the quality of life is very good. Luckily many people living anywhere in the world Fortunately many people stopped the yacht in Vallarta and made it a winter residence. After all, Mexico has recently been selected as the world's top retiree by International Living Magazine, Puerto Vallarta is considered the most desirable city for retirement in Mexico.
Let's summarize it. What happens when tourists cruise to Vallarta is that they often get misled by climate, mountain and sea views, people, cleanliness, safety, available activities, and the quality of life. They joined the 50,000 North Americans who retired Puerto Vallarta in Paradise.
