Quickly it is going to be even simpler to discover Mexico’s state of Nayarit due to a serious growth of Tepic Airport and the development of a brand new freeway connecting the state capital to the coast. I used to be on the Gala Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit 2024, held Feb. 8-9 in Puerto Vallarta, the place I discovered concerning the upcoming adjustments to Tepic Airport and what that can imply for journey to Nayarit.
Tepic Airport is within the north central portion of the state of Nayarit, three hours west of Guadalajara and three hours north of Puerto Vallarta. Whereas most guests to the Riviera Nayarit at present fly into Puerto Vallarta or Guadalajara, an growth of the airport will open up the shoreline, particularly the northern portion which receives fewer guests than the south. It will make locations like San Blas, Costa Canuva and Rincon de Guayabitos — and their essential tourism developments — simpler to entry for worldwide vacationers. Seventy-two % of holiday makers who come to Nayarit accomplish that for tourism, and 60 % of these guests are worldwide vacationers. Eighty-one % of holiday makers who come to the Riviera Nayarit at present fly into both Puerto Vallarta or Guadalajara.
Along with a revamped airport, a brand new freeway, anticipated to be accomplished this 12 months, will shorten the drive time between Tepic and the Riviera Nayarit. The brand new freeway will shorten the journey from Tepic to Punta Mita to simply an hour and quarter-hour, down from the practically three-hour journey it’s now.
With an funding of $250 million, the Nayarit airport is projected to obtain no less than 4 million passengers a 12 months. The funding will embody a brand new terminal constructing by means of which 3 million passengers a 12 months will move. It is going to additionally embody new jet bridges, greater than 33,000 sq. ft of outlets and eating places, a brand new air visitors management tower, a brand new automotive rental middle with firms like Hertz, Avis, and Finances, and a brand new airport lodge.
The freeway connecting the expanded airport to the Riviera Nayarit is anticipated to be accomplished by October. It will make it simpler for vacationers to entry current and upcoming Riviera Nayarit developments, just like the One&Solely Mandarina and the Rosewood Mandarina, Imanta Resort, W Punta Mita, 4 Seasons Punta Mita and Naviva and the Costa Canuva.
The Riviera Nayarit has greater than 14,000 lodge rooms, 75 % of that are within the luxurious section. The brand new airport will present an enormous alternative to spice up tourism to this a part of Mexico.