Puerto Rico Tourism
CIA - The World Factbook -- Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income, with estimated arrivals of nearly 5 million tourists in 1999. Growth fell off in 2001-03, largely due to the slowdown in the US economy, and has recovered in 2004. ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Sea Grant is located at the University of Puerto Rico and is devoted to the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine resources in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Caribbean region. The program's mission is two-fold: to conduct excellent scientific research in the areas of water quality, fisheries and mariculture, seafood safety, marine recreation and coastal tourism, coastal hazards and coastal communities economic development; and to apply scientific knowledge to solve a variety of problems their communities of users face every day. Puerto Rico Sea Grant disseminates research findings through two magazines: Boletín Marino and Sea Grant in the Caribbean, as well as through a variety of other educational products. For more information see http://seagrant.uprm.edu ... [Read More]
Overview - Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Drug Threat Assessment
Food products (dairy), manufacturing (chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles), technology, tourism ... [Read More]
CIA - The World Factbook -- Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. A diverse industrial sector has far surpassed agriculture as the primary locus of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the US and by tax incentives, US firms have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US minimum wage laws apply. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income, with estimated arrivals of nearly 5 million tourists in 1999. Growth fell off in 2001-03, largely due to the slowdown in the US economy, and has recovered in 2004. ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico Main
Puerto Rico has one of the most dynamic economies in the Caribbean region. Industry has surpassed agriculture as the primary sector of economic activity and income. Encouraged by duty-free access to the U.S. and by tax incentives, U.S. firms have invested heavily in the commonwealth since the 1970's. Important new industries include pharmaceuticals, electronics, textiles, petrochemicals, and processed foods. Sugar production has lost out to dairy production and other livestock products as the main source of income in the agricultural sector. Tourism has traditionally been an important source of income for the island. ... [Read More]
Puerto Rico at the cutting edge of offshore aquaculture
As part of this project with cutting edge technology, the National Sea Grant Program has provided economic support to a group of researchers to culture the fry at The Aquaculture Center of the Florida Keys, Inc. Mr. Loyal Eldridge is the President of the company and works in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Benetti, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. The University of Puerto Rico also received National Sea Grant funds to conduct a study to carefully monitor the environmental impact of cage culture in surrounding waters. This project is led by UPRM Dr. Alexis Cabarcas and UPRM Dr. Dallas E. Alston, and Dr. Patrick Rapp from UPRM Department of Physics. In addition, the University of Puerto Rico has been authorized for funding from the NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, to be used for similar environmental monitoring as well as to determine the social impact of cage culture in terms of community support, perceptions, attitudes, and possible confli ... [Read More]
Caribbean Islands
Ten of the thirteen extant bat species in Puerto Rico are cave dwellers. Cave-dwelling bats in Puerto Rico have low reproductive rates and are especially vulnerable to environmental disturbances (A. Rodríguez-Durán, Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, personal communication). Bats that inhabit caves are particularly sensitive to direct disturbances, such as the entrance of people into the caves, as well as to indirect disturbances, including the spraying of pesticides or microclimatic changes in caves due to alterations to the cave opening. About 31% of Puerto Rico's caves host bat colonies varying in size from a few to hundreds of thousands of individuals (Rodríguez-Durán 1993). Increasing interest in caves for tourism and the use of chemical agents in insect control pose serious threats to the island's cave bat populations. The red fig-eating bat is a species of concern (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1994b). ... [Read More]
FirstGov.gov for Citizens: Topics: Travel and Tourism Sites for the 50 States and U.S. Territories
Visit one of the U.S. states or visit them all. You will see the U.S. offers the most diverse destinations in the world. The state and territorial tourism sites provide ideas for your vacations, meetings and more. ... [Read More]
Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Iglesias
As Resident Commissioner Iglesias continued the work of his predecessors to extend social benefits and laws such as social security and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to Puerto Rico. Iglesias was successful in including Puerto Rico in numerous federal benefits and laws, including the Federal Highway Act; the Bankhead-Jones Act, which sponsored the development of agricultural experimentation; the Slum Clearance Act, which helped in the reduction of malaria-infested slums; and exemption from the payment of a stamp tax on steamship tickets between Puerto Rico and the mainland, which helped increase tourism. ... [Read More]
USGS Fact Sheet: Sand and Gravel Resources of Puerto Rico
Many of Puerto Rico's beaches are eroding, and though rates of erosionvary, it is a major concern for the tourism and residential developmentindustries. More than 85 percent of the population lives within 7kilometers of the coast and they are heavily dependent on tourists thatare attracted by the island's beaches and coral reefs. High-qualityscientific data are needed to help formulate public policy regardingresidential and commercial construction along the coast, beachreplenishment, and future use of marine resources. Scientists havelong recognized that the causes of coastal land loss are not limited toa relative rise in sea level, but can be manmade as well. For example,sediment supply to beaches especially along the north shore of PuertoRico has been strongly affected by upstream river channeling, damconstruction, various agricultural practices, paving and urbanization,as well as shallow-water oceanographic processes. The response tocoastal erosion in Puerto Rico has been mostly cri ... [Read More]
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