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SHOT 1/17/2007 - A cruise ship pulls into port in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico as seen from the Romantic Zone of the city. Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas. The 2005 census reported Puerto Vallarta's population as 177,830 making it the fifth-largest city in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta enjoys a typical tropical climate, with near constant temperature and humidity year round and with a pronounced wet and dry seasonal variation. Tourism makes up roughly 50% of all economic activity in Puerto Vallarta according to puertovallarta.net. Also over the past decade, Puerto Vallarta has become a popular gay vacation destination, and consequently the Olas Altas area now boasts about a dozen clubs, several hotels, and numerous specialty shops catering to a gay clientele..Rapid growth in tourist volume in Puerto Vallarta has given rise to rapid growth in hotel and rental apartment construction..(Photo by Marc Piscotty © 2007)
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