The passenger visitors development simply retains coming in Puerto Rico, in accordance with new numbers from ASUR, which manages the island’s fundamental air hub, Luis Munoz Marin Worldwide Airport.
San Juan passenger visitors was 1.136 million in Could, a 4.3 p.c enhance over the identical interval in 2023. That was buoyed by a 15.4 p.c leap in worldwide visitors, as San Juan continues to draw new routes from overseas, principally out of Spain and South America.
For the yr, passenger visitors in San Juan is up just below 10 p.c, with a complete of 5.433 million.
It’s not a shock, because the island’s low-cost airfare and relatively-affordable lodging have helped drive a journey increase within the post-pandemic interval.
And San Juan continues to see new routes launch from throughout the mainland United States, largely from lower-cost carriers like Frontier, which simply added one other eight new nonstop routes from the mainland.
— CJ
