Puerto Rico was selected to host 49 events including, conferences, annual meetings and sports activities for this fall season, representing an estimated 25,509 room nights and a total direct spending of $14.3 million into the local economy, Milton Segarra, president of Meet Puerto Rico, said Tuesday.
Puerto Rico’s group business activity is kicking off strongly this summer, with 70 events — including conferences, annual meetings and sports activities — already lined up for the season.
The World Tourism Organization released its latest Global Report on the Meetings Industry in which validates that from the 1,087 million international tourists recorded in 2013, between 20 and 22 percent traveled for business reasons, standing firmly as one of the main development engines of the tourism industry and an important source of income, employment and investments.
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