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 mainland United States each year. Other groups of tourists that visit Puerto Rico in large numbers include Mexicans, Dominicans, Venezuelan, Spaniards, French and Asian tourists. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Asian people. ...

Destinations

• Aguadilla, site of old Ramey AFB, now a local Airport
• Arecibo, site of the famous Arecibo radar observatory
• Bayamón, site of Parque de Las Ciencias
• Cabo Rojo, site of beautiful beaches
• Cataño, home of the world's largest rum distillery
• Culebra, an island in itself is home to beautiful solitary beaches
• Fajardo, home of the Fajardo Lighthouse and its luminicent bay, Las Croabas fishing village, the Paso Fino horse national competition ring and the beautiful seven seas beach
• Humacao, site of the largest and most beautiful resort in the Caribbean - Palmas del Mar Beach Resort ( virtual tour into a luxury vacation villa)
• Mayagüez, home of the animal zoo at the engineering and agriculture University of Puerto Rico satellite campus and the local beer brewer
• Ponce, home of the Ponce Art Museum (Map - a must see oil paintings collection), Castillo de Serralles (a must see), Hacienda Juanita coffee plantation museum and the beautiful originally preserved firehouse in its central plaza
• San Juan, home of Old San Juan, the Puerto Rican Museum of Art, El Morro Castle (a must see) and many more points of great interest
• Trujillo Alto, home of Lake Caraizo Dam
• Rio Grande, home of El Yunque National Rain Forest
• Vieques, an island in itself is home to beautiful beaches, Spanish Castles and beautiful mountains

Nickname: El Nuevo Jardín del Atlántico People from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico are called: Aguadillanos Official website: Location Location of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Mayor Carlos Méndez Martínez Political party PNP Senatorial district Representative district Geographical characteristics Area Total 94. ... Arecibo Observatory Nickname: La Villa del Capitán Correa Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: ? Location Location within the nation of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Lemuel Soto (PNP) Geographical characteristics Area 330. ... Bayamón (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ... // City nickname: El Pueblo de Cofresí Location Location within the nation of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Santos Padilla Ferrer (PNP) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 182. ... Isla Culebra (Snake Island) is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico originally called Isla Pasaje and Isla de San Idelfonso. ... Fajardo is a small but popular city located on the north east coast of Puerto Rico. ... Humacao is the largest city of Puerto Ricos eastern coast and is named after the Taino Cacique Jumacao. ... Flag Seal Nickname: La Sultana del Oeste, La Ciudad de las Aguas Puras, El Pueblo del Mangó People from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico are called: Mayagüezanos Location Location of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Coordinates , Government Founded 1760 Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez Rodríguez Political party... Flag Seal Nickname: Ciudad de los Leones , La Perla del Sur Location Location within the island of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo (PPD) Geographical characteristics Area     City 302 km²     Land   ? km²     Water   ? km² Population     City (2000) 194,636     Density   669. ... San Juan from outer space, July 1997 Flag Seal Nickname: The Walled City Location Location within the island of Puerto Rico Government Country Puerto Rico Mayor Jorge A. Santini Padilla (PNP) Geographical characteristics Area     City 199. ... Trujillo Alto is a municipality of Puerto Rico that was founded in 1801. ... Río Grande is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ... Yunque waterfall The Caribbean National Forest located in the island of Puerto Rico, and commonly known as El Yunque (named after the Taino Indian spirit Yuquiyú, and meaning Forest of Clouds) is the only tropical forest in the United States National Forrest System. ... Playa del Corcho (Corcho Beach) Nickname: Isla Nena (Baby Girl Island) Official website: http://www. ...

Airports

• Culebra Airport
• Eugenio María de Hostos Airport, Mayagüez
• Humacao Airport
• Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan
• Mercedita Airport Ponce
• Rafael Hernández Airport, Aguadilla
• Vieques Airport

Eugenio María de Hostos Airport is a small, commercial airport located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico with the IATA code MAZ and the ICAO code TJMZ. The airport is named after the celebrated Mayagüez native Eugenio Maria de Hostos. ... Humacao Airport (IATA: HUC, FAA LID: X63) is a public airport located in the city of Humacao in Puerto Rico. ... Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (IATA: SJU, ICAO: TJSJ) is a public airport located in Carolina, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. ... Mercedita Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is a medium sized airport which is able to accept jets of any size on its runways. ... A North American Airlines Boeing 757 parked at the Rafael Hernández Airport, with Fed Ex and Tradewinds jets nearby. ... Vieques Airport is a small commercial air facility in the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. ...

See also

• Tourism in the United States