Air & Maritime Access
The Air and Maritime Access division of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s mission focuses on increasing air and cruise traffic flow.
The team engages in business development initiatives in order to sustain and expand transportation offerings to & from Puerto Rico.
Our roles and responsibilities include:
- Government relations with cruise and airlines companies
- Promote new government incentives for airlines and cruise companies
- Act as a liaison with other government and private entities in assistance to cruise and airline companies to better improve or create new tourism services
- Act as a liaison between cruise/airlines companies and the PRTC’s specialized departments to provide the market knowledge and analysis for the creation of new touristic products for their clients
- Coordinate and assist cruise and air access trade shows
- Negotiate Air & Maritime Access Marketing Coops
- Coordinate with all PRTC departments for the execution of the Marketing Coops
- Create advertising in cruise & airline magazines
- Work alongside the Puerto Rican Ports Authority to better sell and assist cruise lines
- Coordinate the Integration of Sales, Advertising & Marketing in Airlines Coops
Air Access
Cruise Ships
IN SAN JUAN
IN PONCE
IN SAN JUAN
IN PONCE
In a recent move to expand cruise options to the island, the southern city of Ponce now receives the Serenade of the Seas and Celebrity Cruise four times per year. If you choose to make this town your port of call, you can enjoy historical sites such as El Parque de Bombas — an iconic fire station-turned museum — Castillo Serralles, or you can enjoy a day at La Guancha boardwalk where there are plenty of seafood restaurants, fritter carts, live music, and other activities.
The Economic impact for the month of November 2021 based on a projection of 60% capacity is $ 7,789,884.28. We expected a total of 34 boats during November of 2021 (6 homeports and 28 in transit). The behavior of cruise ships is cyclical and November marks the start of the high season. If we compare this November 2021 to November 2019, we’ve seen a 56% decrease in passengers and a 45% decrease in ship visits, but by January 2022 we hope to begin to see higher numbers similar to those before the pandemic began
Resourses
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), founded in 1970, is a public corporation responsible for stimulating, promoting, and regulating the development of Puerto Rico’s tourism industry.
Phone: (787) 721-2400
Email: contact@tourism.pr.gov
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