Puerto Vallarta be first 'Gay Travel Approved' cy Mexi: Travel Weekly

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• HERE’S WHY PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE GAY BEACH CAPAL OF MEXI PARASAILG PUERTO VALLARTA | © DAVID STANLEY / FLICKR MóNI RAMíREZ LóPEZ 31 JULY 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PUERTO VALLARTA IS ONE OF THE FAVORE MEXIN TOURIST STATNS OF THE LGBT MUNY. THERE ARE HOTELS, BARS, NIGHTCLUBS, BEACH, AND EVEN DRKS SPECIFILLY FOR LGBT TRAVELERS, AND DUE TO THE SAFETY AND WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GUTS, IS THE FIRST CY MEXI TO RECEIVE THE GAY TRAVEL APPROVED DISTCTN BY . HERE WE DISVER HOW AND WHY PUERTO VALLARTA BEME THE GAY CAPAL OF MEXI. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE BEGNG IN THE SOUTH OF PUERTO VALLARTA YOU WILL FD THE “OLD TOWN,” ALSO LLED “THE ROMANTIC ZONE,” THE TOURIST AREA FAVORED BY EXPATS AND FOREIGNERS WHO WANT TO SOAK UP LOL TRADNS. THE OLD PUERTO VALLARTA IS ALSO NSIRED THE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD SCE 1980, WHEN THE GAY MUNY AND RETIRED CANADIANS AND AMERINS BOUGHT LAND AND PROPERTI ORR TO CREATE GAY-IENDLY BS. TODAY THERE’S A WI VARIETY OF ATTRACTNS WH THIS FOC, CLUDG BARS, RTRANTS, STOR, NIGHTCLUBS, AND BOTH BUDGET AND BOUTIQUE HOTELS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP JAPAN SPA BALI INDIA TURKEY MOROC SOUTH AI MEXI CROATIA EGYPT GREECE ECUADOR ICELAND THAILAND BLUE CHAIRS BEACH | © KWHIGAM / FLICKR IN THIS ZONE IS NTLED THE POPULAR BEACH PLAYA LOS MUERTOS, WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLIVELY GAY, FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A GAY-IENDLY BEACH (ALSO LLED BLUE CHAIRS, BEE OF THE MANY BLUE CHAIRS PLACED BY A GAY RORT WHICH BEARS THE SAME NAME), MALY THE HIGH SEASON, OM NOVEMBER TO MARCH. WHY IS THIS PRISTE BEACH THE LBGT MEETG POT? BEE THE GAY-IENDLY BEACHONT HOTELS THE AREA —AND GUARANTE—A NCENTRATN OF LGBT TOURISTS, BRGG A MULTICULTURAL AMBIENCE WHERE MEMBERS OF THIS MUNY WILL BE RPECTED WHOUT DISCRIMATN. IN THE MORNG THEY N SOCIALIZE AND ENJOY THE PARTY ATMOSPHERE, AND THE AFTERNOON WALK HOLDG HANDS UNR THE DAZZLG SUNSET, A ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE EE OF HOSTILY. SUCH IS THE HIGH MAND FOR LGBT-IENDLY VATN SPOTS THAT THE AREA HAS BEEN EXTEND TO CLU THE GREEN CHAIRS AND AS FAR AS THE NORTH AST, THE ELEGANT OCEANO SAPPHIRE BEACH CLUB, OWNED BY GAYS. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GIRLS ON THE BEACH | © KRISTOPHER ROLLER / UNSPLASH MORE THAN JT THE BEACH UNLIKE CERTA UNTRI, LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUALY NEVER EXISTED MEXI. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A STRONG MACHO CULTURE AND RELIG FLUENCE WHICH DISAPPROV —NOHELS THE LOLS SHOW RPECT. UNR THE CIRCUMSTANC, THE GROWG MUNY HAS LED LGBT ANIZATNS TO WORK TO PROMOTE A CHANGE OF CULTURE THE PURSU OF EQUALY. THEIR WORK HAS GOTTEN RULTS: THEY HAVE ACHIEVED REGNN OF GAY RIGHTS, AND IMPLEMENTED LAWS AGAST THE PROVOTN AND CEMENT OF HATE OR VLENCE AGAST LGBTS, AND ALSO TO GUARANTEE EQUALY EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC ACODATN AND SERVIC. EVEN MORE, 2013 PUERTO VALLARTA LEGALIZED CIVIL UNN BETWEEN LGBT UPL, FOLLOWED BY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2016. THIS CY ANIZED S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, AND HAS HOSTED THE PK & PROUD WOMEN’S PARTY—THE EQUIVALENT LBIAN CELEBRATN—FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WH ASSISTANCE OM THE LOL CANADIAN AND AMERIN MUNI. THE MULTIPLE EVENTS SUPPORT OF THE LGBT MUNY HAVE MARKED OUT PUERTO VALLARTA AS THE “MEXIN SAN FRANCIS.” BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. GAY UPLE | © PGBSIMON / PIXABAY THE LGBT TOURISM DTRY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF LGBT VISORS HAS CREASED PUERTO VALLARTA AND JALIS, AND ORR TO MEET MAND, THE NUMBER OF LGBT-IENDLY RORTS AND TOURISTIC ATTRACTNS HAS ALSO CREASED. NOW THREE OF EVERY 10 HOTELS PUERTO VALLARTA ARE LGBT-IENDLY, AND MOST ALSO OFFER WEDDGS AND OTHER SYMBOLIC CEREMONI. BARS, NIGHTCLUBS AND OTHER AMENI ARE ALREADY FOCED ON THIS MARKET, AND THERE ARE ALSO TOURS—LIKE THE GAY VIP BARS TOUR—AND EVEN DRKS—LIKE THE GAY TEQUILA AND THE GAY ENERGY DRK—TO MAKE THE GUTS FEEL EXTRA WELE. AS A RULT, PUERTO VALLARTA NOW HOSTS INTERNATNAL LGBT BS EXPOS, WH IMPORTANT NFERENC AND EVENTS, CLUDG FASHNS SHOWS, BEACH PARTI AND MIC FTIVALS TO CELEBRATE THIS BOOMG MARKET. PUERTO VALLARTA: AN OPEN DOOR FOR LGBT TOURISTS SOME OTHER CI HAVE REGNIZED THE MAND, AND ARE NOW ATTEMPTG TO ATTRACT LGBT TOURISM TO THEIR STATNS. PUERTO VALLARTA IS NOT LETTG HAPPEN: DIVERSE BS—NO MATTER THE SEXUAL PREFERENCE—ARE JOG FORC TO CREATE ANIZATNS TO PROMOTE THIS TARGETED BRAND OF TOURISM. THE MARKET GIV NSUMERS WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEY HAVE INTIFIED THIS GROWG TARGET AND WILL NOT LET GO. BEYOND THE MARKETG, PUERTO VALLARTA BEME A PLATFORM TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, AND THE LGBT MUNY KNOWS AND FEELS WELE HERE. WHAT REALLY KEEPS THE LGBT MUNY HTG PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE ACTIVISM, RPECT, AND EEDOM THEY FD THIS BETIFUL PARADISE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• ZONA ROMANTI, PUERTO VALLARTA'S WELG GAY DISTRICT
• WHY PUERTO VALLARTA IS SUCH A GREAT GAY DTATN
• PUERTO VALLARTA BE FIRST 'GAY TRAVEL APPROVED' CY MEXI
• PUERTO VALLARTA, THE FIRST GAY TRAVEL APPROVED CY MEXI
• WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE GAY PUERTO VALLARTA?
• MOVG TO LGBT PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXI? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

HERE’S WHY PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE GAY BEACH CAPAL OF MEXI PARASAILG PUERTO VALLARTA | © DAVID STANLEY / FLICKR MóNI RAMíREZ LóPEZ 31 JULY 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT PUERTO VALLARTA IS ONE OF THE FAVORE MEXIN TOURIST STATNS OF THE LGBT MUNY. THERE ARE HOTELS, BARS, NIGHTCLUBS, BEACH, AND EVEN DRKS SPECIFILLY FOR LGBT TRAVELERS, AND DUE TO THE SAFETY AND WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GUTS, IS THE FIRST CY MEXI TO RECEIVE THE GAY TRAVEL APPROVED DISTCTN BY . HERE WE DISVER HOW AND WHY PUERTO VALLARTA BEME THE GAY CAPAL OF MEXI. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE BEGNG IN THE SOUTH OF PUERTO VALLARTA YOU WILL FD THE “OLD TOWN,” ALSO LLED “THE ROMANTIC ZONE,” THE TOURIST AREA FAVORED BY EXPATS AND FOREIGNERS WHO WANT TO SOAK UP LOL TRADNS. THE OLD PUERTO VALLARTA IS ALSO NSIRED THE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD SCE 1980, WHEN THE GAY MUNY AND RETIRED CANADIANS AND AMERINS BOUGHT LAND AND PROPERTI ORR TO CREATE GAY-IENDLY BS. TODAY THERE’S A WI VARIETY OF ATTRACTNS WH THIS FOC, CLUDG BARS, RTRANTS, STOR, NIGHTCLUBS, AND BOTH BUDGET AND BOUTIQUE HOTELS. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP JAPAN SPA BALI INDIA TURKEY MOROC SOUTH AI MEXI CROATIA EGYPT GREECE ECUADOR ICELAND THAILAND BLUE CHAIRS BEACH | © KWHIGAM / FLICKR IN THIS ZONE IS NTLED THE POPULAR BEACH PLAYA LOS MUERTOS, WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOT EXCLIVELY GAY, FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A GAY-IENDLY BEACH (ALSO LLED BLUE CHAIRS, BEE OF THE MANY BLUE CHAIRS PLACED BY A GAY RORT WHICH BEARS THE SAME NAME), MALY THE HIGH SEASON, OM NOVEMBER TO MARCH. WHY IS THIS PRISTE BEACH THE LBGT MEETG POT? BEE THE GAY-IENDLY BEACHONT HOTELS THE AREA —AND GUARANTE—A NCENTRATN OF LGBT TOURISTS, BRGG A MULTICULTURAL AMBIENCE WHERE MEMBERS OF THIS MUNY WILL BE RPECTED WHOUT DISCRIMATN. IN THE MORNG THEY N SOCIALIZE AND ENJOY THE PARTY ATMOSPHERE, AND THE AFTERNOON WALK HOLDG HANDS UNR THE DAZZLG SUNSET, A ROMANTIC ATMOSPHERE EE OF HOSTILY. SUCH IS THE HIGH MAND FOR LGBT-IENDLY VATN SPOTS THAT THE AREA HAS BEEN EXTEND TO CLU THE GREEN CHAIRS AND AS FAR AS THE NORTH AST, THE ELEGANT OCEANO SAPPHIRE BEACH CLUB, OWNED BY GAYS. EPIC MOROCCO FROM ANCIENT CI TO THE SAHARA, EMBRACE CULTURAL RICH AND ENCHANTG LANDSP NORTH AI. VIEW TRIP GIRLS ON THE BEACH | © KRISTOPHER ROLLER / UNSPLASH MORE THAN JT THE BEACH UNLIKE CERTA UNTRI, LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUALY NEVER EXISTED MEXI. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A STRONG MACHO CULTURE AND RELIG FLUENCE WHICH DISAPPROV —NOHELS THE LOLS SHOW RPECT. UNR THE CIRCUMSTANC, THE GROWG MUNY HAS LED LGBT ANIZATNS TO WORK TO PROMOTE A CHANGE OF CULTURE THE PURSU OF EQUALY. THEIR WORK HAS GOTTEN RULTS: THEY HAVE ACHIEVED REGNN OF GAY RIGHTS, AND IMPLEMENTED LAWS AGAST THE PROVOTN AND CEMENT OF HATE OR VLENCE AGAST LGBTS, AND ALSO TO GUARANTEE EQUALY EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC ACODATN AND SERVIC. EVEN MORE, 2013 PUERTO VALLARTA LEGALIZED CIVIL UNN BETWEEN LGBT UPL, FOLLOWED BY SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 2016. THIS CY ANIZED S FIRST GAY PRI MARCH, AND HAS HOSTED THE PK & PROUD WOMEN’S PARTY—THE EQUIVALENT LBIAN CELEBRATN—FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WH ASSISTANCE OM THE LOL CANADIAN AND AMERIN MUNI. THE MULTIPLE EVENTS SUPPORT OF THE LGBT MUNY HAVE MARKED OUT PUERTO VALLARTA AS THE “MEXIN SAN FRANCIS.” BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. GAY UPLE | © PGBSIMON / PIXABAY THE LGBT TOURISM DTRY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF LGBT VISORS HAS CREASED PUERTO VALLARTA AND JALIS, AND ORR TO MEET MAND, THE NUMBER OF LGBT-IENDLY RORTS AND TOURISTIC ATTRACTNS HAS ALSO CREASED. NOW THREE OF EVERY 10 HOTELS PUERTO VALLARTA ARE LGBT-IENDLY, AND MOST ALSO OFFER WEDDGS AND OTHER SYMBOLIC CEREMONI. BARS, NIGHTCLUBS AND OTHER AMENI ARE ALREADY FOCED ON THIS MARKET, AND THERE ARE ALSO TOURS—LIKE THE GAY VIP BARS TOUR—AND EVEN DRKS—LIKE THE GAY TEQUILA AND THE GAY ENERGY DRK—TO MAKE THE GUTS FEEL EXTRA WELE. AS A RULT, PUERTO VALLARTA NOW HOSTS INTERNATNAL LGBT BS EXPOS, WH IMPORTANT NFERENC AND EVENTS, CLUDG FASHNS SHOWS, BEACH PARTI AND MIC FTIVALS TO CELEBRATE THIS BOOMG MARKET. PUERTO VALLARTA: AN OPEN DOOR FOR LGBT TOURISTS SOME OTHER CI HAVE REGNIZED THE MAND, AND ARE NOW ATTEMPTG TO ATTRACT LGBT TOURISM TO THEIR STATNS. PUERTO VALLARTA IS NOT LETTG HAPPEN: DIVERSE BS—NO MATTER THE SEXUAL PREFERENCE—ARE JOG FORC TO CREATE ANIZATNS TO PROMOTE THIS TARGETED BRAND OF TOURISM. THE MARKET GIV NSUMERS WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEY HAVE INTIFIED THIS GROWG TARGET AND WILL NOT LET GO. BEYOND THE MARKETG, PUERTO VALLARTA BEME A PLATFORM TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, AND THE LGBT MUNY KNOWS AND FEELS WELE HERE. WHAT REALLY KEEPS THE LGBT MUNY HTG PUERTO VALLARTA IS THE ACTIVISM, RPECT, AND EEDOM THEY FD THIS BETIFUL PARADISE. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

There are hotels, bars, nightclubs, beach, and even drks specifilly for LGBT travelers, and due to the safety and welg environment for the guts, is the first cy Mexi to receive the Gay Travel Approved distctn by Here we disver how and why Puerto Vallarta beme the Gay Capal of Mexi.

ZONA ROMANTI, PUERTO VALLARTA'S WELG GAY DISTRICT

The Old Puerto Vallarta is also nsired the gay neighborhood sce 1980, when the gay muny and retired Canadians and Amerins bought land and properti orr to create gay-iendly bs.

In this zone is ntled the popular beach Playa los Muertos, which, although not exclively gay, for the last 20 years has been known as a gay-iendly beach (also lled Blue Chairs, bee of the many blue chairs placed by a gay rort which bears the same name), maly the high season, om November to March. Bee the gay-iendly beachont hotels the area —and guarante—a ncentratn of LGBT tourists, brgg a multicultural ambience where members of this muny will be rpected whout discrimatn.

WHY PUERTO VALLARTA IS SUCH A GREAT GAY DTATN

Such is the high mand for LGBT-iendly vatn spots that the area has been extend to clu the green chairs and as far as the north ast, the elegant Oceano Sapphire Beach Club, owned by gays.

View Trip More than jt the beach Unlike certa untri, laws agast homosexualy never existed Mexi. Their work has gotten rults: they have achieved regnn of gay rights, and implemented laws agast the provotn and cement of hate or vlence agast LGBTs, and also to guarantee equaly employment and public acodatn and servic. This cy anized s first Gay Pri March, and has hosted the Pk & Proud Women’s Party—the equivalent lbian celebratn—for the last four years, wh assistance om the lol Canadian and Amerin muni.

Bars, nightclubs and other ameni are already foced on this market, and there are also tours—like the Gay VIP Bars Tour—and even drks—like the Gay Tequila and the Gay Energy Drk—to make the guts feel extra wele. Beyond the marketg, Puerto Vallarta beme a platform to support gay rights, and the LGBT muny knows and feels wele here.

PUERTO VALLARTA BE FIRST 'GAY TRAVEL APPROVED' CY MEXI

EspañolRegnized globally as a se of succs cln, Puerto Vallarta participated the round table of the Lbian Gay Transgenr and Intersex Group (LGBTI) of the Organizatn of Amerin Stat (OAS) on tourism that segment, at the anizatn’s headquarters Washgton, DC, beg nsired as a ‘gay iendly’ statn, clive and hospable.

PUERTO VALLARTA, THE FIRST GAY TRAVEL APPROVED CY MEXI

This tourist statn has stood out for several years the receptn of LGBTI tourism, which has generated prospery the lol enomy and the gay scene of s Romantic Zone, which is why has posned self as the gay iendly beach statn par excellence Mexi, and among the favor worldwi thanks to the wi tourist offer for that segment. Puerto Vallarta is the only Mexin statn wh a gayborhood, s Romantic Zone has more than 70 bs, cludg rtrants, hotels, shops and entertament proactively promotg self to attract the segment.

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE GAY PUERTO VALLARTA?

This statn also has six TAG (Travel and Gay) hotels, approved by their LGBTI guts: Almar Rort Luxury All Su and Spa, Casa Velas Adults Only Boutique Hotel, CasaMagna Marrtt Puerto Vallarta Rort & Spa, South Coast Rort & Spa (First to be TAG approved at the statn 2015), Hotel Mercur Puerto Vallarta, Secrets Vallarta Bay Puerto Vallarta.

It is worth mentng that recently Puerto Vallarta was ranked send among the bt beach wh a gay environment offer, acrdg to a Newsweek survey that n be nsulted here – Newsweek. There are few lotns Lat Ameri that n legimately claim to offer a te gay village-which mak Puerto Vallarta's Zona Romanti a notable standout. This welg stance may not be surprisg, given the muny's proud affiliatns and memberships related to anizatns such as the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn.

V., or 's gay-iendly zone known as the Romance District (Espanol: Zona Romanti), here's your primer. Offers numero upsle rorts where LGBT travelers are accepted whout a send thought, as well as smaller properti that specifilly ter to same-sex upl and sgle gay travelers. Here are some optns that give off the home-away-om-home CUPULA: This property scrib self as “one of the world’s ft gay luxury boutique hotels.

MOVG TO LGBT PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXI? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

” Don’t expect the smell of bleach and weenie roasts on the pat; this property may ter to gay tourists, but offers profsnal massag, not “massag” (not that there’s anythg wrong wh that!

Check out the Blue Chairs Beach Rort, a gay-iendly beach club that doubl as a hotel optn. Billg self as the "premier club Puerto Vallarta, " this gay venue is an off-shoot of the Portland, Ore. (Vallarta 237, more )
MORE WAYS TO EXPLORE PUERTO VALLARTAPuerto Vallarta 101: Travel Tips for Mexi's Gay ParadiseSee more inic imag of P.

Below and on the next pag:For more rmatn on gay Puerto Vallarta, check out the Moon handbook on the cy. It’s hard to turn down ee drks, and ’s even harr amid the ftive atmosphere of Diana’s gay and lbian cise, where the spirs are high and the bathg sus are small. Diana’s Tour is one of the most popular gay activi Puerto Vallarta.