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Tuesday 10 November 2020

21.882 tourists visited Aruba in October 2020, 27.6% of the total

visitors in October 2019

ORANJESTAD — Aruba as lowest and 10 as high-
Tourism Authority (A.T.A.) est). This is an increase in
wishes to inform the com- ranking in comparison to
munity upon the actual sit- the period before COV-
uation in the field of tourism ID-19 as the average then
on our island. was 8.83.

Tourism ‘stay-over’ Cruise tourism
During the month of Oc- The cruise industry is para-
tober 2020 our island wel- lyzed ever since COVID-19
comed a total of 21.882 made its entrance and
‘stay-over’ visitors. 20.403 up to today there is still no
persons of this group came outlook to when the op-
from the United States of erations will be re-started
America, while 1.041 visi- within the Caribbean. The
tors flew in from Europe- industry is pending the
an countries. 438 tourists Centers for Disease Control
were from other countries and Prevention (CDC)’ ap-
in the region. It has to be proval and recommenda-
taken into consideration tions regarding the COV-
that the borders with Lat- ID-19 protocols that will be
in-American countries are valid for the cruise industry.
still closed, these will be The situation of the ships
re-opened as from com- that you might have seen
ing December 1st. When in Aruba’s port is called a
After rain comes sunshine we compare this result with ‘warm lay-up’ meaning the
the expected optimistic ships are standby in case
and conservative scenario, there is a green light to
ORANJESTAD — Weather: we can see that the result start operations again. This
This week we will see shows an increase in com- event produces a certain
an increasing amount parison to September, yet income to our economy
of clouds at times with a still is under the expected but only a skeleton crew is
couple of local showers. conservative scenario. on board of the ships and
Forecast high will be 32ºC they must keep strictly to
and low will be 25ºC. Visitor and accommoda- the local and international
Sunrise will occur at 06:31 tion pandemic protocols.
and sunset at 18:08 l.t. 36.6 percent of the visitors
stayed in a high-rise hotel Tourism credits/Central
Winds and 6.8 percent booked Bank of Aruba
Variable and light to their accommodation at a With approval of the Cen-
gentle; force 1 to 3 (1 to 19 low rise hotel. 38.5 percent tral Bank of Aruba the
km/h, 1 to 10 knots). In and choose for a time-share ‘Tourism credits’ (formerly
around heavier showers, booking and 18.1 percent names ‘Tourism receipts’)
higher gusts to possibly preferred alternative ac- for the first quarter of 2020
fresh; force 5 (31 to 39 commodation. The age has contributed with AWG
km/h, 17 to 21 knots). of our visitors in the past 1.017.9 million to our econ-
month was between 30 omy which is 7 percent less
Synopsis and 39 (4.852) and 50 and than the same period in
Today a distortion in 59 (4.434). 2019.
the wind pattern as Logically this is due to the
a new tropical wave Experience of our visitors pandemic where Aruba
approaches will most likely the frequency and Since the re-opening of also closed her border tem-
aid in the development of amount of precipitation Sea conditions our border, the evaluation porarily from March to July.
clouds with showers from within our area. Some of Generally tranquil with of their vacation by our Equal to other destinations
time to time over parts of these showers could be wave heights of around visitors increased. This was our island is experiencing
the island and around it. moderate to locally heavy 1 meter (3 feet). Swells measured by means of the a challenging time and
Looking forward by the and cause some minor are expected to affect comments that visitors left therefore it is important to
end of the work week street flooding. Besides the northern near shore on more that 100 ‘review follow the protocols intro-
a low pressure area will the pressure difference coastal waters by Tuesday, sites’ like TripAdvisor. The duced by the official orga-
establish over central will continue rather small, therefore users should use general score that tourists nizations. Together we can
Caribbean basin and maintaining light winds caution. Source: Aruba gave to Aruba with regards overcome and make sure
consequently increases over our region. Weather Watch. q to the satisfaction was a our island and tourism con-
9.34 (ranking is between 1 tinue to flourish. q