SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US authorities introduced Monday a $1 million funding to determine a park and experience system for Puerto Rico’s El Yunque Nationwide Forest.
Some 1.2 million folks go to the forest annually, with as much as three,000 automobiles making an attempt day-after-day to entry an space with solely 300 parking areas, based on the US Division of Agriculture.
The division mentioned it has already invested $250,000 in a visitors grasp plan, noting that visitors congestion has been an issue in El Yunque for 80 years.
El Yunque is the one tropical rain forest within the US Nationwide Forest System and represents 20% of Puerto Rico’s tourism economic system.