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LOCAL Wednesday 3 august 2022
In the first six months of 2022
Aruba has recovered 92 percent of tourism compared to 2019

all partners in the tourism
sector. He thanked all part-
ners that work together in
the tourism industry, and all
those who have made this
possible – without leaving
out the Ministry of Tourism.

To finalize, minister Dangui
Oduber said he will contin-
ue focusing on the growth
of Aruba’s tourism in the
context of this year, the
year of recovery, in order
to maintain this trend.

ORANJESTAD – This week
during a government’s Aruba is seeing an excep-
press conference, minis- tional recovery, one that
ter of Tourism and Public is among the best in the
Health, Mr. Dangui Oduber whole world. The average
gave a declaration. The figures for tourism recovery
minister presented some around the world sit at 46
figures regarding the first percent, and in our region
six months of the current around 60 percent.
year for tourism on Aruba.
Among other things, he In the last three monthly re-
spoke about the amount of ports of the Aruba Tourism
visitors received, the per- Authority, it was demon-
formance of the hotels, and strated that during the last
the general recovery of three consecutive months
tourism. (April with 108 percent; May
with 103 percent; June with
Minister Oduber said that 103 percent), the recovery
he is very satisfied with the on Aruba is surpassing that
way in which tourism is de- of the year 2019. The report
veloping on Aruba, say- of the figures for the month
ing that tourism on Aruba of July is still not published,
saw a recovery of 92 per- but it’s expected that this
cent compared to the will also surpass the figures
year 2018. According to of July 2019. According to
the minister of Tourism, if IMF, Aruba is the second
it wasn’t for the month of country in the world with
January when Aruba felt the best recovery of its tour-
the effects of the Omicron ism.
variant of the SARS-CoV-2
virus, Aruba would have al- In the press release, minis-
ready reached the levels of ter Oduber said that he is
2019, which was a record working in a way that there
year for tourism on Aruba. is good cooperation with

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