“Para requerir a la Oficina de Turismo del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio del Gobierno de Puerto Rico a desarrollar planes de mercadeo, promoción y apoyo a los municipios que comprenden el Distrito de Guayama, entiéndase, Aibonito, Arroyo, Barranquitas, Cayey, Cidra, Coamo, Comerío, Corozal, Guayama, Juana Díaz, Naranjito, Orocovis, Salinas, Santa Isabel y Villalba, con sus respectivas oficinas de turismo municipales, y en aquellos municipios donde no exista una Oficina de Turismo, proporcionar asistencia técnica y estratégica para su creación, desarrollo y planificación de proyectos turísticos.”

2025-2028 Session

Directs Puerto Rico's Office of Tourism to craft district-wide marketing plans for Guayama District's municipalities and help create/strengthen local tourism offices and projects.

Veto Expreso

Summary — RCS 23 (Resolution)

Title (Spanish): “Para requerir a la Oficina de Turismo del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio del Gobierno de Puerto Rico a desarrollar planes de mercadeo, promoción y apoyo a los municipios que comprenden el Distrito de Guayama… y en aquellos municipios donde no exista una Oficina de Turismo, proporcionar asistencia técnica y estratégica para su creación, desarrollo y planificación de proyectos turísticos.”

Main purpose

This concurrent resolution directs (requests) the Office of Tourism within Puerto Rico’s Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) to develop coordinated marketing, promotion, and support plans for the municipalities that form the Guayama District. Where a municipality lacks a municipal tourism office, the resolution asks the Office of Tourism to provide technical and strategic assistance to establish and develop one and to plan local tourism projects.

Key provisions

Required actions for the DDEC Office of Tourism:

Develop marketing and promotional plans targeted to the District of Guayama.
Provide support to municipal tourism offices within the district.
Offer technical and strategic assistance to municipalities without tourism offices to create, develop and plan tourism projects.

Geographic scope: the Guayama District municipalities — Aibonito, Arroyo, Barranquitas, Cayey, Cidra, Coamo, Comerío, Corozal, Guayama, Juana Díaz, Naranjito, Orocovis, Salinas, Santa Isabel and Villalba.

The resolution text (as provided) does not specify funding, deadlines, reporting requirements, or enforcement mechanisms.

Who would be affected

Primary: DDEC — Office of Tourism (responsible for carrying out requested actions).

Secondary: municipal governments and municipal tourism offices in the listed municipalities; local tourism businesses, cultural and natural-heritage sites, and community stakeholders who could benefit from coordinated promotion.

Municipalities lacking tourism offices would receive technical and strategic assistance to build local capacity.

Potential impacts and considerations

Positive effects may include increased local tourism promotion, capacity building for municipalities, and economic development in the Guayama District.

The resolution does not appropriate funds or set timelines; implementation would depend on DDEC priorities and available resources.

Success would likely require intergovernmental coordination, staff time, and possible budget allocations not provided within this resolution.

Procedural / timeline status (key actions)

Filed (Radicado): 2025-02-04

Senate first reading / referred to committees: 2025-02-06

Committee 1st report (without amendments): 2025-06-19

Returned to committee / 1st report withdrawn: 2025-06-23

Approved by Senate (final vote) without amendments; discharged and placed on calendar: 2025-06-25 — Text of final approval sent to the House the same day

House first reading / referred to committees: 2025-06-30

Current status: Referred to Commission(es) (in the House) as of 2025-06-30

Note: As a resolution, RCS 23 formally requests executive action but does not, in its current text, create binding statutory obligations or funding.