Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Puerto Rico sees a surge in tourism – and a rise in aggressive tourist behavior
The Guardian ^ | 3/12/2021 | Coral Murphy Marcos

Posted on 03/16/2021 1:52:29 PM PDT by cll

At the Condado Vanderbilt hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Christian Correa clocked in to work the night-shift as a doorman and braced for the worst.

Correa, who is also a bellman at the hotel, has seen a surge in American tourists coming to the US territory in the last three months and the hotel has been busy. Although he used to enjoy high season before the pandemic, recently, many tourists arriving to Puerto Rico have enraged local residents and hospitality workers as the island eases its Covid-19 restrictions.

“The tourists think they can do whatever they want,” says Correa, 24, who is also a student at the University of Puerto Rico. “We’ve seen fights, parties in the rooms and aggressive behavior.”

Low-cost flights to Puerto Rico have enticed many travelers to choose the island as a vacation spot during the pandemic. A one-way flight to Puerto Rico from Florida booked two days in advance could be as low as $62.

~ snip ~

The combination of US residents wanting to escape cold weather, cheap flight tickets and easing restrictions on the island has been bringing tourists en masse.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: christiancorrea; crack; dope; drugs; florida; heroin; puertorico; sanjuan
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-73 next last
Is this happening anywhere else? Florida? This article puts it mildly. This year we're not getting the usual tourists/travelers. This time it is very trashy people, trashing hotel rooms, public nudity, including sex acts and bodily functions, fights between themselves, assaulting locals, the works.
1 posted on 03/16/2021 1:52:29 PM PDT by cll
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Ebenezer; AuH2ORepublican; livius; adorno; wtc911; Willie Green; Clemenza; Narcoleptic; paltz; ...
Puerto Rico Ping! Please Freepmail me if you want on or off the list.


2 posted on 03/16/2021 1:53:33 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

Sample fight at a San Juan resort:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsCavfTBJs


3 posted on 03/16/2021 1:54:14 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: cll

‘The Guardian’ is going to be particularly apoplectic about America’s summer re-opening. It’s going to happen, in some places more than others, but it’s happening.


4 posted on 03/16/2021 1:54:27 PM PDT by monkeybrau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All

Barbequing on the street in front of a hotel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXhAvGEGmpE


5 posted on 03/16/2021 1:55:55 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: All

Lewd behavior in Public. Again, this doesn’t usually happen here - tourist or resident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJM1dXZow0s


6 posted on 03/16/2021 1:57:12 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: cll

Gads, what is wrong with these people?!


7 posted on 03/16/2021 1:59:13 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: monkeybrau

Yes, but we’ve never seen behavior like this from “Americans” before.

I just wonder if this is going on elsewhere. Just look at the idiot below, riding an electric scooter on a major highway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnEBKO6A7w8


8 posted on 03/16/2021 2:00:02 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: cll

Why the rise in these obnoxious people? COVID?


9 posted on 03/16/2021 2:00:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cll

Chunky.


10 posted on 03/16/2021 2:02:56 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: cll

Wow, that Puerto Rican Tanning Butter really works great.


11 posted on 03/16/2021 2:03:35 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: cll
A party in a hotel? An alcohol fueled squabble?


12 posted on 03/16/2021 2:03:58 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cll

They trashed Myrtle Beach with Black Bike week to the point merchants close up and leave so looks like cheap flights and “CV Relief $$” can finance a Caribbean trash fest.

Animals got tah be animals


13 posted on 03/16/2021 2:04:35 PM PDT by Bell Bouy II
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Army Air Corps

14 posted on 03/16/2021 2:06:54 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: cll

They held the Grammy Awards Show in Puerto Rico?

If you don’t know what I’m talking about look up “WAP”.
It was quite a Performance on Primetime Network TV.


15 posted on 03/16/2021 2:08:53 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: cll

Probably Canadians.


16 posted on 03/16/2021 2:10:34 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cll

A beached whale alert!?

A cousin to this day maintains that his time in the US Navy (the 1970s ?) at Roosevelt Roads was the best weather, fishing...everything was great.

And a new version of ‘The Ugly American’?


17 posted on 03/16/2021 2:23:58 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

Comment #18 Removed by Moderator

To: cll

A demographic breakdown might hold some clues.


19 posted on 03/16/2021 2:30:01 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cll
Is this happening anywhere else? Florida?

Portland Oregon burns. Chicago is a shooting gallery and there is an infantry invasion occurring at the southern border. Obnoxious tourists seem a tad quaint to me at this topsy turvy time.

Do they bring and spend money?

20 posted on 03/16/2021 2:30:43 PM PDT by Kudsman (Baby Lives Matter)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-73 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson