<P> The financial sector is of great prominence, accounting for 5.75% of Puerto Rico's Gross National Product (GNP) in 2010 . Similar to any other state of the union, Puerto Rico's financial sector is also fully integrated into the U.S. financial system . Federal regulations govern the sector, being a constituent part of the jurisdiction of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, responsible for implementing monetary policy enacted by members of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. throughout the United States . </P> <P> The real estate industry constitutes about 14.8% of the GDP, about 1% of all of the employee compensation on the island and, together with finance and insurance (FIRE), about 3.7% of all the employment on the jurisdiction . </P> <P> Tourism is an important component of the Puerto Rican economy supplying an approximate $1.8 billion USD per year . In 1999, an estimated five million tourists visited the island, most from the United States . Nearly a third of these were cruise ship passengers . An increase in hotel registrations, which has been observed since 1998, and the construction of new hotels and the Puerto Rico Convention Center are indicators of the current strength of the tourism industry . In 2009, tourism accounted for nearly 7% of the islands' gross national product . </P> <P> The following includes some public and private projects aimed at increasing the tourism industry in Puerto Rico: </P>

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