Tourists are returning in growing numbers to Puerto Vallarta despite indications that the Covid-19 infection rate is increasing and not flattening out.

Restaurants on an eight-block stretch of Puerto Vallarta’s malecon reopened to the public on May 25, along with mandatory sanitary protocols in place. 

The governor of Nayarit , Antonio Echeverria, is upset that despite directives to stay at home, “irresponsible” tourists from neighboring Jalisco, and Guadalajara in particular, are heading to the state’s coastal resorts and putting the health of locals at risk.

A female journalist reporting on people sunbathing on a Puerto Vallarta beach this week was assaulted and verbally abused by two English-speaking vacationers who objected to being filmed.

Alcatraz Prison had its Birdman. Now the coastal town of Bucerias in Nayarit has its Birdwoman.

Jon Murphy is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day warm-up event to help raise money for Puerto Vallarta charitable causes.