Popular song 'Despacito' singer Luis Fonsi named as Puerto Rico's new tourism ambassador
The cover of song Despacito sung by Luis Fonzi
Ever since the song became a chartbuster worldwide, the country has experienced a massive tourism boost
Luis Fonsi who is riding high on the worldwide success of his song Despacito has more happy news in store. He has been named as an ambassadorfor tourism in Puerto Rico.
The 39-year-old singer was born in Puerto Rico's capital city of San Juan where he wrote the song featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee for his upcoming studio album.
The track has topped the charts in 45 countries, and a remix featuring Justin Bieber became the first song sung mostly in Spanish to top the Billboard Hot 100 since the Bayside Boys Mix song "Macarena" in 1996.
Also Read: Meet Luis Fonsi, the man behind "Despacito"
The song is also the most-streamed song in the world, reaching global streams of more than 4.5 billion in July.
Its original video recently became the most watched on YouTube in history after just seven months, and currently, has 3.2 billion views.
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With a growing follower base for the song, Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rossello has announced that Fonsi will be working with a tourism company to promote travel to the country.Puerto Rico has already experienced a tourism boost thanks to the song, the title of which means "slowly". The campaign is encouraging visitors to take their time experiencing the country.
Fonsi said: "In the next year I will be working on efforts to make known the wonders of our beautiful island.Being an ambassador of the land where I was born fills me with pride."
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