Riviera Nayarit, Puerto Vallarta to Host Mexico’s Tianguis Turistico 2012

Riviera Nayarit, Puerto Vallarta to Host Mexico’s Tianguis Turistico 2012

The Ministry of Tourism of Mexico announced that Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta will be the site of the 2012 Tianguis Turistico. The event will take place in March 2012. The destination was chosen for its tourism facilities, air connections, convention center and the security procedures for participants, according to Fernando Olivera Rocha, undersecretary of tourism operations.

The Riviera Nayarit/Puerto Vallarta area includes 29,000 hotel rooms and a 160,000 square foot convention center for up to 7,000 participants. In March, Sectur informed the travel industry that Tianguis would no longer be held in Acapulco, which had been the site of the important trade event for 36 years, and henceforth would move to a different region each year in order to promote the different regions of the country.

Eighteen regions presented proposals to host Tianguis. Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta’s “Two Destinations, One Paradise” proposal was chosen for 2012. Puebla will host the event in 2013 and Quintana Roo will be the site of Tianguis 2014.