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Puerto Vallarta History
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Until 1954, Puerto Vallarta was
a small fishing village, but that began to change as Mexicana
began promoting the town as a tourist destination (to compete
with Aeromexico, who had a monopoly on flights to Acapulco).
At that point it was a tourist destination, but only for a wealthy
few. Many consider John Huston’s 1964 filming of Tenessee
William’s play The Night of the Iguana just outside of
Puerto Vallarta, to have established the area as an |
international tourist destination. The film starred Richard Burton.
Burton brought Elizabeth Taylor along for the filming and rumors about
their romance brought a great deal of attention to the filming and
the city.
Today there are around 300,000 residents in the city and roughly
2 million visitors pass through the town annually.
More Information
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