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Opinion | Agritourism as a key for Puerto Rico’s economic growth

Communities need to be provided with adequate infrastructure for proper access to farms, writes Javier Pérez Lafont

July 18, 2024 - 12:54 PM

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The United Nations (UN) defines agrotourism as a modality that takes place in agricultural production where the protagonists complement their income with some form of tourism in which they provide accommodation, food and the opportunity to get into the field of agricultural activities, highlights Javier E. Pérez Lafont. (Isabel Ferré Sadurní)

By Javier Pérez Lafont

Profesor de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Utuado

Agriculture in Puerto Rico generated a gross domestic product of $817.8 million during the past fiscal year, according to the Governor’s Economic Report 2023. The information demonstrates its persistence as a primary sector of the economy, which also employed some 17,000 people during the aforementioned period.