Tertiary sector Economy of Puerto Rico
1 tertiary sector 1.1 finance 1.2 real estate 1.3 tourism 1.4 trade tertiary sector finance the financial sector of great prominence, accounting 5.75% of puerto rico s gross national product (gnp) in 2010. similar other state of union, puerto rico s financial sector integrated u.s. financial system. federal regulations govern sector, being constituent part of jurisdiction of federal reserve bank of new york, responsible implementing monetary policy enacted members of federal reserve board in washington, d.c. throughout united states. real estate the real estate industry constitutes 14.8% of gdp, 1% of of employee compensation on island and, finance , insurance (fire), 3.7% of employment on jurisdiction. tourism tourism important component of puerto rican economy supplying approximate $1.8 billion usd per year. in 1999, estimated 5 million tourists visited island, united states. third of these cruise ship passengers. increase in hotel registrations, has been observed since 1998, , const