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Consulates in Puerto Rico
Argentina. Edificio Mercantil Plaza, Ofic. 819, Parada 27, Hato Rey,
Puerto Rico 00918.
Bolivia. Edif. First Federal Savings, Ofic. 406, Santurce, P.R. 00908 Costa Rica. P. de Leon 431, Ofic. 1024, Hato Rey, P.R. 00918. Chile. Villa del Mar-Oeste, Ofic. 14-K, Isla Verde, Carolina, Puerto
Rico 00913.
Denmark. Ave. Fndz. Juncos 611, Miramar, Pda. 10, San Juan, P.R.
00907.
El Salvador. A-5 Green Valley, Garden Hills, Bayamon, P.R. 00619 Ecuador. Calle Roosevelt 651, Ofic. 3-A, Miramar, P.R. 00907. Finland. 19 Carretera Estatal, Km. 0, Hm. 5 Barrio Monacillo,
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928.
Gardens Hills, Guay-
Guatemala. Ave. Ramirez de Arellano 1-3
nabo, Puerto Rico 00657.
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Haiti. Condominio S. Martin, Ofic. 512, Ave. Ponde de Leon 1605,
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909.
Lebanon. Muebleria Tartak, Calle Loiza 1905, Santurce, Puerto
Rico, 00911.
Mexico. Edificio "The Executive", Piso C, Ave. Ponce de Leon 623,
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918.
Nicaragua. Calle Cuevillas 555, Ofic. 6-A. Santurce, P. R. 00907. Norway. Edif. de Administracion, Puerto Rico Drydock, Miraflores,
Muelle 15 Parada 11, San Juan, P.R. 00903.
Panama. Calle Compostela 1780, College Park, Rio Piedras, Puerto
Rico 00921.
Spain. Cond. San Alberto, Ave. Condado 605, Ofic. 521, Pda. 171⁄2,
Santurce, P.R. 00908.
modation, as the construction and supply of hotel rooms lagged considerably behind demand. In this decade, however, supply, caught up and a surplus of hotel rooms developed. Poor service and high prices further depressed the market and a number of hotels have closed in recent years. Rental of condominium apartments has further cut into the hotel occupancy. There are some indica- tions a moderate recovery has begun in tourism.
The main justification for making efforts to preserve and expand the Island's tourist industry is the substantial contributions it has made annually to exports, relatively well paid jobs, and to the gross national product. Total tourist expenditures have risen steadily due to inflation, although the per capita rate of expenditures by visitors has shown a tendency to decline. In general. official esti- mates are that tourism provided about 10,000 jobs in 1976. Visi- tors are mostly from the United States, but promotion campaigns have brought in a growing number of Europeans, South Americans, Canadians, and a few Asians.
The completion and opening of the Condado Convention Center, the largest in the Caribbean, with capacity for 4,100, is expected by Hilton Hotels International, the operator, to attract a growing number of group meetings, especially from the United States.
Here are statistics compiled by government sources.
1976
7.352
1974
1975
Tourist Hotel Rooms
8.300
Total Visitors
1,441,000
7.682 1,339,000
1,299.000
Visitors Staying in Hotels
586,000
498,000
459.000
Visitor Expenditures - ,000s
360,000
375,000
392.000
Number Cruise Ships
746
674
n.a.
Number Passengers calling
401,810
415,257
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Immigration Regulations
Passports are required by all passengers except proven nationals of U.S.A.; N.A.T.O. personnel holding identity cards and movement orders; alien residents of U.S.A. who have been out of the country for less than one year, holding an alien registration or a valid re- entry permit; passengers in transit (under TRWUV) holding tickets and travel documents for a country other than U.S.A., seamen holding Seamen's Book issued by country of their citizenship.
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in most cases passports must be valid for six months beyond the period of intended stay.
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Visas are required by all passengers except: nationals of U.S.A., alien residents of U.S.A. holding an alien resident's card; alien residents holding a re-entry permit; N.A.T.O. military personnel as mentioned under "Passports."
Exit Permits are not required for aliens if they are leaving directly for a foreign territory.
Currency Regulations are the same as for the U.S.A. regarding import and export of money, but silver and gold may not be im- ported or exported without a license.
Visitors' Guide
Founded in 1521, San Juan possesses numerous buildings of historic interest as well as modern edifices. Prominent among them are La Fortaleza, the Governor's Palace, built between 1533 and 1538 as a fortress; the Capitol, where both Houses of the Insular Legislature meet; the Cathedral, the tiny Cristo Chapel and other churches; the San Juan Gate; the Casa Blanca, built in 1523; El Morro, built in 1585 to defend the entrance to the harbour; San Cristobal Fortress, commenced in 1631; Fort San Geronimo; the Federal Building; the City Hall; the Casino and the Baseball Sta- dium. The Munoz Rivera Park is very fine.
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Tourism is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, The unfavourable population/land-resource relationship make necessary for Puerto Rico to depend heavily upon the export of manufactured products and to develop its exportation of services of which tourism has been clearly the most feasible and profitable from the point of view of its quick, short-run net contributions to the economy. Tourism has solid, longer-run potentialities, provided that adequate measures are taken in time to enhance the Island's competitive attractiveness to tourists. When the Economic Development Administration was created and given the function (among others) of promoting a tourist industry, there were only a few hundred hotel rooms suitable for tourist accommodation. A prerequisite in the promotional programme was, therefore, the provision of additional hotel rooms. The first move was the construction of a beach-front hotel which is leased to the Hilton group. As the industry grew the main problem continued to be the shortage of accom-
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