Tourism in Puerto Rico

Basic Information

Tourism has been an important money revenue industry for Puerto Rico for a very long time. Because Puerto Rico is host to diverse natural wonders, cultural and historical buildings, concerts and sporting events, the island attracts a wide variety of tourists.

The fact that Americans do not need a passport to enter Puerto Rico attracts a large number of tourists from the United States each year. Other groups of tourists that visit Puerto Rico in large numbers include Mexicans, Dominicans, Venezuelan, Spaniards, French and Asian tourists.

Destinations

• Aguadilla
• Arecibo site of the famous Arecibo radar
• Bayamon site of Parque de Las Ciencias
• Cabo Rojo[?] site of the famous fluorescent lake
• Culebra
• Fajardo
• Humacao site of Palmas del Mar
• Mayaguez
• Ponce
• San Juan
• Trujillo Alto[?] site of El Yunque National Rain Forest
• Vieques site of anti-military demonstrations and many beaches and mountains

Airports

• Culebra Airport[?]
• Eugenio Maria De Hostos Airport[?] Mayaguez
• Humacao Airport[?]
• Luis Munoz Marin International Airport San Juan
• Mercedita Airport Ponce
• Rafael Hernandez Airport Aguadilla
• Vieques Airport