Travel Pop Up Meet: Creativity and Responsible Tourism from Puerto Vallarta

Puerto Vallarta played host to a get-together of creative minds, passionate travelers, and international brands at the Travel Pop Up Meet.

On Sunday, November 16, Fun Travel, in collaboration with Puerto Vallarta and Jalisco es México, hosted an event that united local influencers in a distinctive experience centered on responsible tourism, networking, and environmental initiatives.

With the strategic collaboration of Vallarta Adventures, Puerto Vallarta's top tour operator, and IATI, a global travel insurance company, the Travel Pop Up Meet showcased how local youth can promote tourist destinations using human connections and digital content.

Purposeful experiences

The Travel Pop Up Meet became an immersive experience in the values of responsible tourism.

Influencers and content creators from Puerto Vallarta participated in activities that connected nature with environmental commitment. These activities included sailing along the southern coast of the bay and building nests for wild macaws. The macaws are an important species of the region. They symbolize the beauty of the local ecosystem.

The event featured a diverse array of influencers and content creators, including Sharo García and Selena Ruelas Dueñas, who shared their insights on the importance of collaboration and environmental responsibility.

Oggy García Avilés and Karen Santana also participated, documenting the event from an authentic perspective and showcasing the group's energy and the impact of their activities on the community.

A Destination for Creativity and Sustainability

Puerto Vallarta and Jalisco Es México, the event's host destinations, demonstrated their dedication to sustainable tourism by successfully hosting this event, a practice that has gained prominence in recent years.

Puerto Vallarta is a destination that offers more than just sun and beach, as demonstrated by events like Travel Pop Up Meet. These events highlight the city's cultural, natural, and community facets, showcasing its creative and vibrant atmosphere.

Puerto Vallarta has evolved into a tourism model that values both visitors and the environment, as local social media personalities Roberto Estrada and Gina Gallardo highlighted.

“A destination's unique qualities must be preserved to effectively promote it,” explained Gina Gallardo in one of her posts.

The Power of Cause-Related Networking

The Travel Pop Up Meet featured a networking space that was a particular highlight, bringing together local influencers and international brands like IATI LATAM. IATI is well-known for its global initiative #TravelShakers, which connects content creators with responsible tourism projects around the world.

This session focused on exploring unconventional partnership models that broke away from conventional promotional strategies. The emphasis shifted towards fostering genuine communication that highlighted the authenticity of the destination experience.

In the words of Take Arechiga, the value of these meetings lies in “creating bonds that transform into impactful projects, where each publication tells a story with purpose.”

Local Influencers, Global Ambassadors

The Travel Pop Up Meet in Puerto Vallarta showed that local influencers are essential to tourism promotion nowadays.

Local creators with an artistic dimension to their work, such as Pao Ocara, Mar López, and Cinthia Aguilar, showcased their authentic love for their city and how it can be projected to international audiences.

The model of organic digital promotion is driven by a genuine connection between local talent and prestigious global brands. Experiences are shared from an authentic place, not from an advertising script.

In essence, the voice of the Puerto Vallarta community on a daily basis is the most authentic reflection of its identity.

Responsible Tourism Is the Narrative of the Future

The Travel Pop Up Meet made it abundantly clear that the tourism of the future will be sustainable... or it will not be.

Vallarta Adventures led a charitable and collaborative activity: building macaw nests. This activity reminded people of the importance of giving back to the environment.

Content creators such as Irma Islas and Thalía Rodríguez highlighted the importance of experiencing the destination with awareness on their social media, while Vanesa Serrato and Marilú Ramírez shared the excitement of connecting with other creators under the same purpose—to enjoy and, at the same time, take care of Puerto Vallarta.

The Travel Pop Up Meet in Puerto Vallarta demonstrated how tourism and digital content creation can be sustainable and support community bonds.

Fun Travel, Puerto Vallarta, and Jalisco Es México joined forces to create a conversation about responsible tourism that continues to inspire purposeful travel and human-centered narratives.

Puerto Vallarta is world-renowned for its natural beauty and charm. Initiatives like Travel Pop Up Meet are showing the destination as a laboratory for more authentic ways of traveling, creating, and connecting. This event was clearly a step forward in that evolution.