Puerto Rico Reaches Record Tourism Numbers in Q1

Discover Puerto Rico, the islands destination marketing organization (DMO), has revealed that January-April 2019 occupancy spending reached $373.6 million, the highest in the past eight years, and an increase of 12.4% when compared to 2017 pre-hurricane Maria levels, according to STR and the AirDNA Monthly Trend Report, January-April, 2019.The islands lodging spend growth is driven by a rise in bookings of vacation rental properties, accounting for 23% of the jump. This is also underscored by strong passenger arrivals, which are on par with levels of pre-hurricane Maria, reaching 1.5 million for the January-April timeframe, according to Aerostar Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC Report, January-April 2019.