Aruba: Tourism is expected to reduce significantly

A friend of mine just went to Aruba for 3 days. I'll need to ask her whether the place seemed less crowded. There are still enough people who can afford taking such a vacation, but the bad economy does hit everyone, so I guess it explains lesser amount of tourists.

in-aruba wrote:

Officials revealed alarming figures about bookings to Aruba for the coming months. According to the local tourism association booking fell with at least 25%, in comparison to the same period in 2007.

Especially tourism from North America is expected to reduce significantly.

well i guess it is expected ..for what we are experiencing now..i mean the economic crisis..i think its not only Aruba experiences the decrease of tourist arrivals..its the same with other countries as well..but i am hoping that its only temporary..maybe next year it will be over..

Without money to spend on leisure, this would definitely be expected. After how many years though, I don't know how long this crisis would last.

in-aruba wrote:

Officials revealed alarming figures about bookings to Aruba for the coming months. According to the local tourism association booking fell with at least 25%, in comparison to the same period in 2007.

Especially tourism from North America is expected to reduce significantly.

Aside from economic crisis, advertisement plays a very important role in tourism. I am from Asia and actually, I am not quite familiar with places in North America. Aruba was introduce to me by a friend and I've search the place on the internet. I think Aruba is really great, so, I suggest you deal with the advertisement, what do you think?

bethoven wrote:

Aside from economic crisis, advertisement plays a very important role in tourism. I am from Asia and actually, I am not quite familiar with places in North America. Aruba was introduce to me by a friend and I've search the place on the internet. I think Aruba is really great, so, I suggest you deal with the advertisement, what do you think?

i agree with you on this things..ads plays an important role to attract tourists in our country ..