Considering Puerto Vallarta for your next gay vacation destination? Here is your insider’s guide for the Gay Travel Trends For 2024. GAYPV magazine examined several of the top travel trends in 2024 and analyze how Puerto Vallarta fits them.
First,travel trends from Squaremouth.com show overall travel costs are up — way up in many instances. Numbeo just released a study in April 2024 showing Puerto Vallarta has the highest cost of living of any city in Latin America. This study includes rent, buying real estate, dining out and utilities all which has certainly increased in Puerto Vallarta in the last year.
Adding to the cost of Gay travel trends for 2024 is the increasing value of the Mexican peso compared to the US dollar. The peso continues to break records, appreciating its strongest level against the dollar in almost nine years in April 2024.
A more recent factor leading to higher costs for Puerto Vallarta, and Mexico overall, is the gradual shift to a more luxurious market, expanding the variety and experiences available to travelers than in previous years. Gone are the days of a “cheap Mexican vacation.”
Businesses also face higher operating costs in Mexico compared to the US, especially labor and taxes. Despiter the higher costs, the number of travelers going to Mexico remain high. Puerto Vallarta is still an excellent top gay travel destination, just do not expect the historical cheap prices to travel there as in previous years.
Booking.com says American travelers are trending to beach international destinations for Memorial Day weekend 2024. If you are planning to visit Puerto Vallarta for Memorial Day 2024, you will arrive the day Puerto Vallarta gay pride week ends. Vallarta Pride celebrates its 11th year in 2024 and is one of the largest gay events in the city.
Puerto Vallarta Tourism Director, Luis Villasenor, released gay travel trends for 2024 for the first time regarding Puerto Vallarta. He estimated 2 million gay travelers visited PV in 2023 and generated a record $17 billions pesos in economic activity. LGBTQ+ tourists comprise 40% of the total Puerto Vallarta economic spend with gay tourism contributing to 70% of the economic revenue in the Romantic Zone.
Other 2024 gay Puerto Vallarta travel trends from Pinterest are “Quiet Life” travel. Travelers want (and searching for) terms like “calm places” and “quiet life” at higher rates year-over-year. Gay travel trends for 2024 options in Puerto Vallarta include an evening stroll along the malecon, visit the Puerto Vallarta botanical gardens, yoga or a relaxing massage, or grab a delicious drink and catch one of Puerto Vallarta picturesque sunsets.
Pinterest also state users indicate visitors are seeking adventure travel. Puerto Vallarta has an endless number of adventure activities including seasonal whale watching, atv riding, zip lining, swim with the Dolphins, skydiving, parasailing, hiking, scuba diving, jet skiing, horseback riding, horseback riding and more!
Puerto Vallarta’s natural landscape of Sierra Madre Mountains, jungles, rivers, and ocean meeting in one location to provide a natural setting for these adventure activities to flourish.
Are you looking for something different when visiting Puerto Vallarta? Another top Gay travel trends for 2024 is going on short day trips or excursions to explore places nearby. Short day trips include visiting Las Marietas islands, the Botanical Gardens, the Vallarta Zoo, north to Sayulita and San Pancho, or south for El Tuito and Mayto.
A very popular overnight trip from Puerto Vallarta is San Sebastian del Oeste. It is a traditional Mexican colonial town about 2 hours from PV in the mountains and a great cultural escape.
Consider visiting the large city of Guadalajara for more cultural things to do, museums, theatre and sports events. The travel time for driving to Guadalajara from Puerto Vallarta has been greatly reduced to 3 hours due to the recent completion of a toll road from Puerto Vallarta.
For all the good to know gay travel trends for 2024 with insider travel guide tips regarding Puerto Vallarta, visit GAYPV Magazine website.
