ATA HASN'T PUBLISHED TOURISM NUMBERS IN 6 MONTHS

ATA’s duty is to publish the tourism numbers

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Translated by "Getagrip" from Scared Monkeys

ORANJESTAD(AAN): Otmar Oduber, from the AVP faction, signaled during a press conference of the green party, that it is very troublesome and reproachable that the Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA), for the last 6 months hasn’t published tourism numbers. He explained that this is something very irresponsible. Oduber also said that he saw on NBC that they reported that Aruba was in the 10 news stories with the most impact of 2005, while the case of Natalee Holloway is the number 1 unresolved case. According to Oduber, they also said that tourism has declined by a certain percentage, which is something that ATA has to give information about. The parliamentarian also said that Aruba received 42,000 less tourists from cruise ships in 2005, compared with 2004.

If one multiplies this by the average amount of money that they would have spent in Aruba, which is $112, Aruba potentially lost more than 4 million dollars.

Oduber also indicated that there were 4.2% less travelers who passed through our airport, which could turn into 10%, which is an alarming effect that cannot continue.