Puerto Rico tourism statistics: arrivals, nights and spend

Where Puerto Rico stands, April 2015

Puerto Rico in April: up on a year

Puerto Rico recorded 159,988 arrivals in April 2015, +6.1% on a year.

Among the destinations it competes with: Bahamas n/a, Jamaica -34.1%, Costa Rica -2.4%, Honduras +8.6%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when May is published

At a glance

Latest month	April 2015
Arrivals	159,988
On a year	+6.1%
Year to date, on a year	+3.8%
Growth rank in Americas	6 of 17
Best month on record	March 2014

Jet fuel, a gallon$1.70-41.1% on a year/v1/fuel

Growth 2015-1.0%outturn/v1/economy/PR

This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/PR/briefAnalyst

Hotel registrations of non-residents in Puerto Rico, and the change on a year

ArrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %

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Puerto Rico against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Puerto Rico.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=PRDeveloper

Country	Latest	Figure	On a year	Vs 2019	Year to date	Rivalry with Puerto Rico

The last six months

Month	Arrivals	On a year	Vs 2019	Vs 3-year average
Apr 2015	159,988	+6.1%	n/a	+7.3%
Mar 2015	178,560	-2.3%	n/a	+2.1%
Feb 2015	161,641	+8.7%	n/a	+13.3%
Jan 2015	156,723	+4.0%	n/a	+10.8%
Dec 2014	154,449	+3.7%	n/a	+10.3%
Nov 2014	127,766	+2.9%	n/a	+8.1%

The next three months

No forecast for Puerto Rico yet: it needs a longer monthly history in one unbroken series.

How it is worked out See the full outlook

Who Puerto Rico competes with for visitors

6 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

BahamasRivalry 88

Same season and region

Bahamas, Apriln/a · 148K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

JamaicaRivalry 70

Same season and region

Jamaica, December-34.1% · 199K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

Costa RicaRivalry 67

Same season and region

Costa Rica, September-2.4% · 119K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

HondurasRivalry 64

Same season and region

Honduras, October+8.6% · 204K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

ArgentinaRivalry 61

Same season and region

Argentina, August+13.5% · 110K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

PanamaRivalry 60

Same season and region

Panama, Apriln/a · 137K

Puerto Rico, April+6.1% · 160K

Puerto Rico is also a rival forSint Maarten Bolivia

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/PR/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=PR

Recovery against 2019n/aNot worked out for Puerto Rico yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Analyst

Forecast, next 12 monthsn/aNot worked out for Puerto Rico yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Puerto Rico yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Puerto Rico

Measure	Frequency	Breakdown	Series	From	Latest
Arrivals	Monthly	Total	2	1950-01	2026-06
Arrivals	Monthly	Accommodation	1	1989-07	2015-04
Nights	Monthly	Accommodation	2	1989-07	2015-04

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 1950, none missing. See every month

Get Puerto Rico in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=PR" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o pr.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/PR.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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