The puerto rico tourism company is an agency that promotes the economic development of the island; and, IT is our interest to encourage the development of modalities to diversify the offer and…

The puerto rico tourism company is an agency that promotes the economic development of the island; and, IT is our interest to encourage the development of modalities to diversify the offer and position the island as an attractive sustainable destination. However, for the development to be perennial, IT should be framed under the elements of sustainability. For this reason, and under act no. 254 of november 30, 2006 known as the ?public policy for sustainable development of tourism in puerto rico?, the sustainable tourism division was created. The proposed vista project aligns with the economic opportunity and environmental stewardship focus areas. The vista project is seeking to provide a framework to lead to economic self-sustainability in each community organization, and is expecting to benefit the rural population of the following towns: arecibo, guanica, maunabo, mayaguez, morovis and utuado. Five vista members will contribute to the goals of the project by performing activities such as writing proposals, establishing a structure for fundraising activities, identifying and developing an alliance with local businesses to create a solidary economy and a potential creation of a tourism circuit, development of a promotional web page including reservation and payment systems, marketing strategies with social media, development of the accountability and administrative system for the tourism offers, and work out the structure for the voluntary component over the course of three years.