The Central Bank of Aruba recently released its revised Third Quarter 2018 numbers and announced that tourism receipts for Aruba grew by 8.4% in the third quarter, from 730.7 million AFL in the third quarter of 2017 to 792.1 million in the third quarter of 2018. During these same three months the number of stopovers to Aruba decreased by 0.7% while the number of cruise visitors grew by 18.5% compared to the same three months of 2017.
During the first nine months of 2018 tourism receipts increased by 9.1% compared to the same nine months of 2017, growing from 2,422.4 million AFL in 2017 to 2,643.9 million AFL in 2018. During the same nine months the volume of stopovers grew by 1.5% while the number of cruise visitors grew by 5.8%.
Tourism Receipts (Revised Series)
In Millions of AFL Source: Central Bank
Tourism Receipts (Revised Series) Percentage Change
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Jim Hepple is an Assistant Professor at the University of Aruba and is Managing Director of Tourism Analytics. Archives
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