ACCORDING TO RECENT FIGURES--15% LESS TOURISTS IN ARUBA
Central Bank van ArubaARUBA - In the monthly bulletin of April that the Central Bank of Aruba (CBA) published recently is stated that in the first quarter of 2006, 14.7% less tourists visited Aruba than in 2005.
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CBA does not have recent figures on the amount of money the tourists have spent. The last figures that Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) had published were in January of 2005. When CBA published her April bulletin, ATA didn't have the figures on arriving tourists and the number of staying over tourists for February, March and April yet.
CBA does not have recent figures on the amount of money the tourists have spent. The last figures that Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA) had published were in January of 2005. When CBA published her April bulletin, ATA didn't have the figures on arriving tourists and the number of staying over tourists for February, March and April yet.
The data in the financial bulletin of April came from the Immigration administration and the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The Bank concluded that the number of tourists as well as the room occupancy in the hotels had dropped.
The number of cruise tourists in April of 2006 had dropped with 12.9% compared to same month last year and 17.1% less cruise ships had called on the port of Aruba. The number of tourists that came to Aruba via air dropped with 14.7%.
This percentage is the result of the difference between the first quarter of 2006 and the same period in 2005. The Bank indicated further that the average room occupancy in hotels dropped to 81.3% compared with April of 2005.
As part of financial developments, the Bank reported an increase of money of 32 million florins ($17,877,096 USD) to an amount of 2474.1 million florins ($1,382,122 USD) The increase is attributed to an increase of the number of loans by businesses and mortgages of 1.4% (13.6 million florins) ($7,597,765 USD). Consumer credits decreased with 0.2%, which is equal to more or less 1 million florins. ($558,659 USD)
4 comments:
Thank you for staying on Natalee's story, both of you and letting everyone know. The boycott is working, and it's people like both of you putting the truth out. Those 3 suspects know what happened to Natalee.. Noone just vanishes.
As predicted, Joran bankrupted Aruba. Aruba's services become lousy and dangerous. A cruise ship was damaged, and the waterline paint was scraped to bare metal by the broken pier. Pretty soon, accidents will happen in air or sea, massive amount of tourists will be killed. Aruba is out of control, and the government is collapsing.
this is just the beginning the more the world sees the truth about Aruba that 15% will become 30% then 60% then 90%.
He, I'll be honest. I thought that the drop off would be more than 40%. So aaparently, the grass roots movement is still very small, or at least smaller then we thought.
Let's see what the numbers will be till August. If the drop off is still the same,smaller, or even gone, then you must regroup and think of new ways to keep this topic in the lime light (please, no Dr. Phil. I think he damaged the cause more then helped it by doctoring the tapes.)
And staying on track will help it also. Great articles about the Netherlands and all, but it's obviuos most of you have never been to Aruba, or know anything about Aruba and their political standing within the Dutch Kingdom.
It would be the same as if the US would be held accountable for a mudered (non U.S. tourist in Puerto Rico.).
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