The Government wants to destroy the formula which has made Aruba’s tourism industry so successful.
The Government wants to totally change the way existing hotels operate.
Aruba’s success has been built on quickly responding to and meeting the needs of our customers.
Restricting all-inclusive packages will not result in more traditional visitors, it will result in empty rooms.
We want to diversify our source markets, the trouble is those markets want all-inclusive packages.
The real issue is that so much power will be concentrated into one Minister’s hands.
If this law is passed some hotels will have to close their restaurants.
What will the Government want to control next?
Where is the evidence that all-inclusive resorts are bad for the economy?
Show us the PWC report which supposedly supports the proposed law.
We are not Punta Cana, we are not Jamaica.
The issue requires further study.
The owners of the hotels will substantially reduce their investments.
The Minister of Tourism can take a license away after a hotel has been in business for 20 years.
Aruba’s real problem is the dramatic rise in the number of visitors staying in apartments, private homes and condominiums.
How is it that an all-inclusive resort is OK in San Nicolas but not OK elsewhere in Aruba?
We have no issue with the idea of a cap on the amount of all inclusive packages to be offered by new hotels but please don’t interfere with the day to day operations of existing hotels.
