It has facilitated the recovery of U.S. and Canadian tourism
This year the sales of tour packages have increased by 30% as a result of the promotion from the federal government

The VP of Product for Latino Market Locations Vacances Transat, Renee Broisvert, said that the perception of Mexico among Canadians has changed significantly, thanks to the promotional campaign that the federal government has undertaken.
The result is that this year there was an increase of up to 30 percent in the sale of tour packages from Canada to Mexico, and this indicates that there is full confidence of getting for the next winter season, the 13 thousand seats that have been signed in agreement with Puerto Vallarta-Nayarit.
He considered that the advertising campaign in Canada to attract Canadian consumers and try to forget the fear, the fear that they had of coming to Mexico is "very good.
It is working a lot, and something that gives a lot of advantage to Vallarta and Nayarit, is that Canadians are looking at all the studies, the consumers are looking for a vacation that goes beyond the beach and sea.
"What is wonderful is that Puerto Vallarta has it all, culture, it is very authentic and it corresponds to what Canadians are looking for and that is why we have a lot of confidence in that the increase in capacity will be a success".
He admitted that Canadians are traveling in difficult times, but the market is smaller compared to the United States. That is why what the government made in regards to promotion to attract customers was important. "That helped us tour operators" and eased "our work of selling packages to Mexico".
The company Air Transat currently travels to Mexican destinations like Cancún, Los Cabos, Ixtapa, Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, but in September and October they didn't have any flights, only from Montreal, "but it is an operation that we have all year".
He added that with the signed collaboration agreement, "we will increase" the 13 thousand seats that are scheduled. The packages are on sale and that is good news".
To the promotional campaign of the Mexican government, there will be the addition of marketing efforts "with what are we going to do, we have no doubt that those seats are going to sell and people will be able to enjoy a great vacation in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit".

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/09/06/casi-desaparecida-percepcion-de-inseguridad-en-el-extranjero"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

In order so that the Preventive Police officers know the procedures and criminal liability in which they may incur by failing to conduct the proper implementation of the Chain of Custody in a crime scene, the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences trains them on the matter, since in most cases, the preventive police is the authority that has the first contact with the crime scene.

These types of courses are part of the coordinated work performed between the Station of Preventive Police and Traffic of Puerto Vallarta and the institutions of the three levels of government, to ensure the correct application of the procedures when a criminal act is registered.

It is worth noting that the chain of custody seeks to preserve in its original site, each of the indicia or evidence to help reconstruct what happened and determine the historical truth of the facts.

The class lasted eight hours and was dictated by the delegate of the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ignacio Pérez Martínez, who reported that the subjects taught are related to the responsibility of the police at a crime scene, up to where they should intervene and the protocol to be followed, as well as the penalties included in the penal and criminal procedures code of the state of Jalisco and in the regulations of the Chain of Custody, when failing to conduct proper procedures.

He also highlighted the excellent participation and interest shown by the 62 participant police officers, who called for more courses on the same subject in order to ensure the proper performance of their duties.

Finally Pérez Martínez said that there are already four more dates scheduled for giving the same course to the rest of the police troops, and then they would continue with other courses on the subject but in another of the broad topics that are covered.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/27/ijcf-capacita-a-policias-preventivos-en-procedimiento-de-cadena-de-custodia/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

There will be sanctions for timeshare salespeople that don't meet the standards set out in the international arrivals area of the airport Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, said Alejandro Lemus Mateos, president of Adeprotur.

In this regard, Lemus Mateos noted that this is one of the most regulated activities and therefore the complaints that they receive from other airport users are being taken care of, however he stated that they can only punish those who belong to Adeprotur.

In this regard, he stressed that timeshare is one of the most regulated activities, "therefore there are penalties to those who trespass the operating rules of the international arrival area".

Therefore the Adeprotur president said that they continue to work in their areas of opportunity, "when you have human resources involved in some capacity, there will always be areas for improvement, which we are doing as an association or group of timeshare developers of Jalisco, it is about continuing with training and practice, much by the hand of the activities that the airport is doing. "

He even stressed that work is being done in conjunction with the Pacific Airport Group (GAP) to have the same vision of customer service.

Regarding to what would be the call that he wishes to make to all sectors of Puerto Vallarta in order to position the destination as the country's best, Alejandro Lemus stressed that this would be to unite, adding that "it is time to add efforts".

At the same time, he said, fortunately at this time all the parts that make up the tourism offer of Puerto Vallarta, have the same vision, "we must provide the best image of our destination to our tourists since their arrival".

Which he said, can only be achieved if all the sectors involved in tourism work hand in hand, thus the call is also for the private enterprise.

In particular he invited timeshare workers, "to take notice of what we represent as an industry, it is the ability to guarantee a happy destination for the traveler, with clear expectations of what they will receive through this time share industry, which is 100 percent for vacation purposes. "

Moreover, with regard to late summer results for this sector, he said that according to reports received by members of the association of developers, it was a successful summer, there is even talk of a growing national market and for those who have their goals based on this segment it was more than excellent.

In this context, the president of Adeprotur said that there is a timeshare growth and this is reflected with more companies joining and there are also upcoming projects that he described as very interesting.

"The industry and the developers continue to grow in Vallarta and we hope that they continue to grow jointly with the destination and the airport terminal", he concluded.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/27/se-sancionara-a-vendedores-de-tiempo-compartido-que-esten-fuera-de-norma/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

In order to promote the historic center of Puerto Vallarta, and the commercial areas that are in the area, a series of strategies that consist of posters, brochures and maps that contribute so that more domestic and foreign tourists visit these places has begun.

The municipal government headed by Mayor Ramon Guerrero Martinez, concerned about the economy of the people of Vallarta, through the Municipal Tourism Management headed by Carlos Gerard, together with the Convention and Visitors Bureau of the city, began planning since about five months ago a number of strategies with all the people of the municipal market of Puerto Vallarta to give a new twist to the image of the market and get a greater influx of visitors.

"We designed posters showing the shopping area of Puerto Vallarta that is being promoted, this is part of the effort made towards advertising the historic city center, we are also distributing flyers in both English and in Spanish for visitors", said the head of Municipal Tourism.

These products will be distributed in all the hotels, travel agencies and time shares; in some strategic points such as the Port Administration, in different leasing agencies and businesses that capture a lot of domestic and foreign tourists, with the aim to get people out of their hotel and have them visit the historic city center.

In the brochures there is a map of downtown Puerto Vallarta, which allows tourists to move around the shopping areas, explained Carlos Gerard. He also reported that further on, some kind of signposts will be placed, for any tourist who walks where the Buenaventura hotel is located up to the Romantic Zone, and gets to know shopping areas located in a 4 block radius of where he is found.

"It's like a theme park, you visit the center and it will indicate you're here, and that map will have in detail all the shops, restaurants, taverns, service providers, bars and shops that are in a four block radius, in order that tourists know what's around the boardwalk of Puerto Vallarta" noted the Municipal Tourism Director.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/27/lanzan-estrategias-para-promover-el-centro-historico-y-zonas-comerciales-de-la-ciudad/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

An dream that is now a reality: Spaces that are needed by students wanting to be at the forefront of the knowledge requirement of this century, said the teacher Luis Ignacio Zúñiga Bobadilla upon recognizing the progress signified by the building of a new site which will house various laboratories and specialized spaces for the new undergraduate and graduate degrees that are taught in this University.

The technical specifications are of maximum security, it is a building designed with quality standards approved by the building section of the Univa System. Referred to as Building "C", it is built on two levels, in an area of ​​one thousand 500 square meters. The teacher Zúñiga Bobadilla, was straightforward when reporting about the new infrastructure: They will be spaces to form rounded professionals. As I have already explained, the new era calls for transcendent and innovative people in all areas of knowledge, this is what this new space is made for, explained the highest authority of Univa Puerto Vallarta.

It will have the latest technology

The new building will be divided into a lecture hall; laboratories that will meet the needs of the various specialties; CEDEM offices; a research area; a Music Area; Logistics Support; a Freight Elevator; an Oral Trials Laboratory; Laboratories of Chemistry, Physics and Biology; a Gessel Chamber; a Design Classroom; storage rooms; and health services in every level. All the areas will be conditioned for research and recreation. In addition, there will be electronic white-boards with state of the art technology, air conditioners and high security areas.

It should be noted that hard work is being done to rapidly finish this building of laboratories, by having a group of 20-30 workers on work days of three shifts, even if necessary, operating on Sundays, of course without discrediting the safety of our workers nor breaking their wage. All the staff complies with the regulations and the requirements requested by the contracting company and Univa.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/27/casi-termina-construccion-del-edificio-tres-de-la-univa/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Confirmed the businessman Alfonso Rizzuto, president of Grupo Marival

It will begin arriving on January 2014 and will supplement the direct flight that the airline has from Los Angeles

Delta Airlines, considered the world's largest airline, will operate a new direct flight on the route New York-Puerto Vallarta starting next January 2014.

This was announced by the businessman Alfonso Rizzuto, president of Grupo Marival Riviera Nayarit, who said that with this new flight, from one of the most important cities of the American Union, it is confirmed that next year will be the definite recovery for the tourism industry of the region comprised of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.

He stressed that this new direct flight from New York by Delta Airlines, will add to the operating flights of the airline from some cities in the United States, especially from Los Angeles, California, which has expanded in the frequency of flights since last summer and will remain like this for the rest of the year, especially for the coming winter season.

He reiterated that not only a light can be seen at the end of the tunnel of the tourism crisis that has hit the industry in recent years, but it is much more than a glimmer of recovery for the end of this year, which will be a reality during 2014.

It should be recalled that the arrival of the new Delta Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, on July first, not only marked the official start of the joint promotion between Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, but it also represented the arrival of higher economic level U.S. tourism for both destinations.

The flight, with a capacity for 144 passengers, arrived at the international airport of this city with 122 tourists on board, who were greeted with mariachi music and a committee composed of representatives of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.

The arrival of these new flights is the product of a joint promotional campaign of Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit, supported by the federal Ministry of Tourism (Sectur) and the Tourism Promotion Council of Mexico (CPTM).

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/08/27/operara-delta-un-nuevo-vuelo-a-vallarta-desde-nueva-york"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

The hotel "Las Palmas by the Sea", has confirmed promotion partnerships that have begun to be carried out by the restaurants "The Blue Shrimp" and "Sí Señor Garden" as part of a strategy to complement the stay of guests and visitors of Puerto Vallarta, leading it to a greater and more varied offer for enjoying the cuisine of the destination.

The National Migration Institute (INM) through the Integrated System for Migration Operations (SIOM) reported that the number of international visitors arriving to Mexico by air continues to rise, during the period of January to July 2013.

According to official data, international tourists that came to our country went from six million 690 thousand 954 to seven million 235 thousand 225, representing an increase of 8.1 percent over the same period of 2012.

In cumulative terms, from January to July, the flow of visitors from United States, United Kingdom and emerging countries had a positive trend.

Based on information from the INM, the number of U.S. visitors was four million 72 thousand 559, which represents 8.4 percent above the three million 758 thousand 647 recorded in the same period of 2012.

Meanwhile, tourists from the UK increased from 199 thousand recorded in the January-July period of 2012, to 235 thousand in the same period of 2013.

As for visitors from Russia, from January to July they increased from 39 thousand in 2012, to 61 thousand in 2013, ie an increase of 56 percent.

During the same period, tourists from Colombia increased 55 percent, from 88,000 the previous year, to 137 thousand in this year.

In July, visitors from the United States increased by 10.8 percent. The figure rose from 562 thousand in 2012 to 622 thousand in 2013.

Moreover, it can be reported that the tourism from Mexico to Canada grew in the first half of 2013, but the figure would rise much more, if the visa requirement was eliminated, recognized Siobhan Chretien, Director of Emerging Markets of the Canadian Commission of Tourism.

On a visit to Mexico to head several promotion tasks of the destination, the official said in an interview that the need to process a visa to go to Canada (requirement that was imposed on Mexicans for reasons other than tourism), is not a serious impediment for this market.

This is because the Mexicans going to Canada, are really "global" tourists, ie, people used to traveling to different parts of the world and considering this requirement when planning their vacation.

[readon1 url="http://vallartaopina.net/2013/08/29/en-ascenso-numero-de-turistas-internacionales"]Source: Vallarta Opina Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Puerto Vallarta remains as a strategic destination for the Pacific Airport Group (GAP or Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico), said its general manager Mohino Fernando Bosque, who noted that this destination will certainly recover what it once was.

"We have two tourist destinations, this is the traditional one since many years, which has suffered difficult times, but it looks like we are overcoming them with the help and collaboration of all the stakeholders in the tourism sector."

In this regard, he said that they have a tourist destination which is Cabos, that has the peculiarity that it became fashionable in recent years and is working very well, in such manner that it requires less attention than Puerto Vallarta.

Bosque Mohino, said that Puerto Vallarta is receiving the attention that it needs, "within our 12 airports, any new initiative, which involves improving the airport concept, is first implemented in Vallarta".

He assured that it is not a pilot, but it has the intention that the Diaz Ordaz heads the service concept of GAP airport, for which the program of "customer service" has been implemented since this year, of which it is a pioneer.

At the same time, a certification is sought, which will make it the first airport in the group to be certified, this according to Annex 14 of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

He also stated, it seeks to implement programs that are directed for example, to operational security systems, in which it is also the first airport.

"What I mean by this is that for the Pacific Airport Group, Vallarta is the airport that is most worthy of attention of all."

With regard to whether there is any recommendation for the tourism sector in order to carry a boom to Puerto Vallarta like the one in Cabos, the CEO of GAP added that what happens when a destination becomes popular and the word spreads to others, is that everyone wants to go to that destination until it consolidates and it is positioned at one level.

In such manner that the conclusions and recommendations arising from the experience of Cabos for Puerto Vallarta, is that work needs to be done in an integrated and joint way by all sectors, "all for one, all working with the same approach, collaborating and contributing each of their resources and knowledge".

What he mentioned in Puerto Vallarta has already begun to give and nowadays you can watch entrepreneurs, hoteliers, officers, agents and in general everyone is focused on regaining what in other times was fate.

Finally, Fernando Bosque Mohio said that Puerto Vallarta has lost between 400 and 500 thousand international passengers per year, which are partly covered with domestic passengers, however he insisted that "what we are looking for is to recover those levels that we had six or seven years ago".

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/26/vallarta-se-mantiene-como-destino-estrategico-para-el-gap/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

Monday, August 26, 2013

Social Communication
Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta

The ecological police collected during the last week a total of 988 sea turtle eggs, as well as 151 quelonio hatchlings that were released into the sea, as part of preventive actions carried out by the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, through the department of Municipal Ecology and the municipal coordination of the Disaster and Fire Prevention Department.

In this regard, the commander of the Tourism and Ecological Police, Felipe Camacho Guzman reported that the work of preserving this endangered species is carried out by the soldiers on the beaches Camarones, Los Muertos, Olas Altas, Flamingos, Holiday Inn and Boca de Tomates, where in a permanent way, this season, they keep collecting eggs and releasing hatchlings so that they can continue their life cycle.

He explained that when there is a turtle nesting, it is immediately reported to the Department of Environment and Ecology under Luis Fernando Gonzalez Guevara, since they are responsible for carrying out the collection, however they can not always go to do it due to the large number of cases that occur daily, therefore the officers are the ones who removed the eggs from the nest and move them into one of four turtle camps that are in the city.

Daily a control of the nesting turtles and the number of eggs that are collected from each nest is performed, figures that are delivered to the Department of Ecology to track and prevent new cases of looting.

It should be noted that recently a group of forty tourism police officers received a training course in turtle care, in order that each day, a greater number of officers are able to protect this species.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/notas/54599.html"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

With the entry into force of the new Law of State Roads (11/8/13), the implementation of the breathalyzer operation in this city has changed, and just as throughout the rest of the state, the penalties are more severe.

This weekend, during the examination which was conducted in drivers who were detected with alcoholic breath, a range of .40 milligrams per air drawn was established as the minimum for a person to be arrested, when previously it was 60 points that was established, they were released if the figure was smaller.

As for the number of tests performed on Friday and Saturday, it was reported that there were a total of 62, of which 32 were positive, with only nine people who underwent folio, 20 were arrested in the municipal jail and only 2 paid on the spot to be released, although their vehicles will be returned until Monday after the pay of a fine.

Now with the new regulations, there will be zero tolerance for drivers traveling with some degree of intoxication and they will remain detained for 12 to 36 hours, as required by Article 186 of the new law, which states that there will be a commutable administrative arrest of twelve to twenty four hours for the person who drives a vehicle and is detected with an amount of 81 to 130 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, or from 0.40 to 0.65 milligrams of alcohol per liter of exhaled air. If the amount of alcohol is greater than 130 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, the administrative detention will increase from 24 to 36 hours.

The order provides that if the driver refuses to be put through a breathalyzer test, the driver will be arrested administratively for 12-36 hours. These points will come into force once the State Government has concluded the regulation, for which it has 90 days. While the people who are arrested twice or more in a span of less than two years will have their driver's license canceled.

These actions are primarily intended to prevent accidents resulting from excessive alcohol consumption, besides generating awareness among motorists, who are increasingly addressing the preventive measures.

[readon1 url="http://notivallarta.com/2013/08/20/sanciones-mas-severas-a-quienes-conduzcan-en-estado-de-ebriedad/"]Source: NotiVallarta Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]

August 19th 2013 * In a special council session, the hiring of several funding operations will be analyzed, which are payable in 20 years, and will be allocated to productive public investment in restructuring loans in the amount of 334 million 821 thousand 447 pesos.

This Tuesday in a special meeting at City Hall, councilors are seeking the approval of a loan of 334 million 821 thousand 447 pesos, payable in 20 years. The goal is to allocate consistent productive public investment for restructuring loans.

On the agenda for Tuesday August 20 for the special meeting of the council scheduled to begin at 16 hours, in the point 3.2 is established the mayoral initiative presented by the mayor, Ramón Demetrio Guerrero Martinez, which authorizes the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco to hire one or more financing options in one or more transactions, payable within up to 20 years each, to be allocated to consistent productive public investment for the restructuring of loans of the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, by prepayment or modification of terms and conditions of the current credit agreements up to the amount of 334 million 821 thousand 447 pesos.

It is noteworthy that in the three years of PRI rule under Javier Bravo Carbajal, loan applications began at that time with the support of four councilmen from the PAN, including the present mayor's adviser, named Santiago Centeno. The most notorious was the one of 450 million pesos that is still being payed today.

Then the also PRI government of Salvador González, only paid very little of the interest on that debt, without having even shown interest in solving the public works of the state pension and suppliers.

In the campaign facing last year's elections, the then candidate for municipal president, Ramón Guerrero with the flag of movimiento ciudadano, vowed that he would not allow the looting of the city coffers and that responsibility would be pinned against the alleged perpetrators.

Since that October 1, 2012, after the first 10 months of administration, things seem to remain the same without the least intention of this government to file the appropriate criminal charges to determine the responsibility of looting the city coffers.

Today Ramon Guerrero turns to the mayoral body in a special meeting for the practice that he himself criticized at the time, exposing Puerto Vallarta, to a series of economic credits.

It is noteworthy that this Tuesday, two points will be treated in the agenda, the first is the application for credit, in another point, in an extraordinary session of council, the mayoral agreement initiative is established, which is presented by the mayor Ramón Demetrio Guerrero Martínez, with a proposal of amendments to the regulations of the award, allocation and public works contract of Puerto Vallarta in order to harmonize the methods and procedures for the selection of contractors and contracting modalities of the municipal public works with the applicable state standards in this area.

[readon1 url="http://www.noticiaspv.com/ediles-van-por-aprobacion-crediticia-de-334-mdp/"]Source: NOTICIASPV.COM Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]