Puerto Vallarta Travel Awards

Awards Puerto Vallarta has received

Puerto Vallarta, the jewel in the crown of the Mexican Pacific, is one of the most acclaimed in Mexico and regularly receives awards and accolades from travel media and visitors too.

Consumers have awarded Puerto Vallarta numerous prizes, for example:

  • 2021 Puerto Vallarta wins 4 Travvy Awards: Best Culinary Destination – Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (Gold); Best Destination – Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (Silver); Best Honeymoon Destination – Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (Gold); Best Tourism Board – Mexico: Puerto Vallarta (Gold).
  • Puerto Vallarta is the 4th Best Overall Mexican Destination at the 2019 Tripadvisor Travelers Choice Awards
  • Puerto Vallarta has been awarded the prestigious “Best Destination of 2019” award by Apple Vacations at the Crystal Apple Awards event. Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit were recognized as the best beach destinations. [source]
  • Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards 2017, Puerto Vallarta has ranked as one of the “Best Cities in the World” and “Top Small Cities Outside the US” in the 2017 Conde Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards. Puerto Vallarta was one of the 3 Mexican cities listed in the “Top 40 Cities in the World” and one of the 2 cities in Mexico added to the “Top 20 Small Cities in the World” category. PV was the only beach city to be added to both lists [source].
  • 2017 Travvy Awards, 4 nominations for Puerto Vallarta, the most given to a Mexican destination this year. The city is recognized under the following categories “Best City Destination – Mexico”, “Best Culinary Destination – Mexico”, “Best Family Destination – International”, and “Best LGBT+ Destination – International”.
  • 2016 Gayborhood of the Year: Zona Romantica, Puerto Vallarta, Considered by many to be the San Francisco of Mexico, gay tourists from all over the world travel each year to beautiful Puerto Vallarta, an easily accessible, accepting, and very affordable gay beach destination [source].
Awards Puerto Vallarta has received
  • Travel + Leisure Magazine, The World’s 30 Friendliest Cities 2015 [source].
  • TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards 2014, 2nd place as “Best Overall Destination in Mexico [source].
  • US News & World Report Jan 2014 chosen as “#2 Best Place to Visit in Mexico [source].
  • US News & World Report Jan 2014 chosen as “#3 Best Beaches in Mexico [source].
  • US News & World Report Jan 2014 chosen as “#4 Best Springbreak Destination [source].
  • Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, 6 in total for “Vallarta-Nayarit” campaign [source].
  • Travel + Leisure, World’s Best Awards 2014, PV appears now as “#4 Top City in Mexico, Central & South America, an improvement compared to 2013 [source].
  • Travel + Leisure, World’s Best Awards 2013, PV appears as “#5 Top City in Mexico, Central & South America [source].
  • Flight Network, PV appears as #14 in the list of “Top 14 Winter Destinations for Canadians [source].
  • Gaycities.com, “#2 Best Sun & Sand City“.
  • USA Today Oct 2013, PV ranked # 6 on their list of “Best places to watch a sunset [source].
  • About.com Readers’ Choice Award 2013 as “Favorite Spring Break Destination“.
  • TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards 2013, 4th place as “Best Overall Destination in Mexico“.
  • About.com Readers’ Choice Award 2012 as “Favorite Mexican Beach“.
  • TripAdvisor’s Traveler’s Choice Award 2012:
    • Puerto Vallarta as the “Number One Overall Destination in Mexico“.
    • One of the “World’s Leading Beach Destinations“.
    • Nuevo Vallarta (4th) and Puerto Vallarta (9th) in the category “Best Beaches in Mexico“.
  • Travel + Leisure 2012 Award, Puerto Vallarta landed in 7th place (8th place in 2011) of the “Top Ten Cities in Mexico, Central, and South America” category.
  • About.com Readers’ Choice Award 2012 as “Most Romantic Mexican Destination“.
  • Puerto Vallarta has been named “Best Convention Destination” by the Magazine MDC after hosting the Mexico Tourism Tianguis 2012.
  • Luxury Beach Retirement on a Budget” 2012 by International Living.
  • Best Retirement Destination in Mexico” by USNews.com.
  • Best Place to Retire in the World” 2010 AARP (American Association of Retired Persons).
  • Best Holiday Destination in Mexico” 2010 USNews.com.
  • World’s Friendliest City” 2001, by readers of Condé Nast.

Last Updated on 24/01/2023 by Puerto Vallarta Net