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Monday 20 august 2018

Exhibiting the national count of the population of Aruba (1960-2020)

ORANJESTAD — A census is gust 20-24 at the National • 25-64 years (57%) ployeed, with the age of
the procedure of systemati- Libray of Aruba in Oranjes- • 65 years of ouder (10%) 15 years or older, in which
cally acquiring and record- tad Visitors will receive an 62.7% were men and 54.2%
ing information about the ample explanation of the The school goers between were women.
members of a given pop- development of Aruba’s the age of 0 to 25 are divid-
ulation. The term is used population since 1960 and ed into these categories: In 2010, the 5 top nation-
mostly in connection with what the projection will be • 0-5 years (64,4%) alities on the island were:
national population and for 2020. • 6-11 years (98,8%) Dutch, Colombians, Ven-
housing censuses; other . • 12-17 years ezuelans, Dominicans and
common censuses include (96,0%) Haitiens. 66% of the popula-
agriculture, business, and Here is a view of the num- • 18-24 tion was bornin Aruba and
traffic censuses. bers for Census 2010 (43,7%) 34% was born abroad.
• 25 years of ouder (1,2%)
This week the National Li- The total population of The marital status of the Exhibition will be starting
brary of Aruba together Aruba in 2010 was of 10.484 population: August 20th till Friday 24th
with the Central Bureau of people • Never married (51,7) from 8.00 AM till 7:00PM on
Statics will be holding an 48% were men and 52% • Married (34,7%) Monday, Wednesday, Fri-
exhibition about the popu- women • Divorced (9,6%) day and from 8.00 AM till
lation count of Aruba regis- • Widow (3,9%) 5:00 PM on Tuesday and
tered from 1960 till 2020. The poplution is divided Thursday. For more infor-
into these categories: In 2010 there were 234.880 mation visit the facebook
The exhibition will take • 0-14 years (21%) households. A total of 58.2% page of Biblioteca Nacio-
place this week from Au- • 15-24 years (12%) of the population was em- nal Aruba.q

Increase in RevPar due to the situation in the Caribbean

ORANJESTAD —In order to It is projected that by mid
know if there was an in- 2019 the mayority of these
crease or decrease in tour- hotels in the region will be
ism, Aruba hotel and Tour- up and running with their
ism Association (AHATA) completely renovated
receives from all associat- properties.
ed hotels a monthly report Hotels revenues are very
of their numbers. important because the
room tax paid by the tourist
For the month of July the goes back to Aruba Tour-
hotel occupancy was ism Authority (ATA) to be
87.3% which is a bit higher used for marketing and to
compared to June 2018. attract more visitors to our
This is a normal format for island.
the months of July and Au-
gust for the occupancy to Aruba Hotel and Tourism
be higher comapred to Association (AHATA) was
May and June. Neverthe- funded in 1965 to repre-
less July 2018 was 0.9 points sent the tourism sector of
lower compared to July Aruba. AHATA represents
2017. Eventhough there at the same time 100 mem-
were less visitors staying at bers which are companies
the hotels in July 2018, ho- providing their services to
tels managed yo charge a the tourism of Aruba. Mem-
higher average daily rate The reason they were able close due to severe dam- close Aruba can benefit bership varies from hotels,
(ADR) with a result of the to charge more per room age. Hotels in these island from it due to the lack of timeshares, tour operators
RevPar (revenue per avail- in the first 7 months of 2018 that suffered severe dam- rooms i the Caribbean and and watersports, and many
able room) to be $213.05 was because of the huri- ages are being renovated theefor can charge more more companies. AHATA’s
which was 11.8% higher canes of Sepetember 2017 and are starting to operat- and see a positive increase main role is to influence sus-
compared to same month caused for many hotels in ed again. In the meanwhile in RevPar. tainable achievement for
of 2017. the Caribbean region to while these hotels remain the indutsry of Aruba. q