Puerto Vallarta slips to sixth among Mexican cruise ports
The destination recorded 85 cruise ship calls and 276,633 passengers in the first half of 2026.
Puerto Vallarta fell from fifth to sixth place among Mexico’s cruise ports when ranked by passenger traffic during the first six months of 2026, according to the reported figures.
During the period, the city received 85 cruise ship calls carrying a combined 276,633 passengers. The results continued a decline in Puerto Vallarta’s cruise activity for a second consecutive year, the report said.
The drop in Puerto Vallarta’s ranking occurred as cruise activity increased sharply across Mexico. The supplied figures did not provide passenger or ship-call totals for the other Mexican ports in the ranking, nor did they specify the size of Puerto Vallarta’s change from the comparable period a year earlier.