COVID-19 IMPACT IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
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Willemstad, Curacao. Since the island of Curacao reopened its borders to a list of specific countries, the tourism industry kept struggling. The Curaçao Hospitality & Tourism Association (CHATA) headed by Miles Mercera, had some "bad" disappointing news to delivered, based on observations in the industry.
CHATA STATEMENTS ON CURACAO TOURISM RECOVERY
According to CHATA'S correspondence; "based on an average of 9 hotels, preliminary figures indicate a 25.2% hotel occupancy for the month of August 2020. Compared to hotel occupancy figures of August 2019 (75.7%), this is a decrease of 66.7%".
Even though CHATA and the Curaçao government has been collaborating to help the tourism industry, since last year the tourism in Curacao has been suffering.
The CHATA'S correspondence continued; "Already published August figures indicate that Curaçao welcomed a total of 9,227 visitors of which 7,518 (89%) are from Europe. Of these 7,518 European visitors, 19% stayed in a large hotel, while 45% stayed in an alternative accommodation."
Hotels and other businesses went further in economical hardship and needed financial assistance by the government and some, by the banking industry.
Furthermore; CHATA'S correspondence claimed; "Tourism recovery remains a challenge! With hotel occupancy figures in August ranging from 17% to 33% and some even at 0% occupancy, hotels are still experiencing booking cancellations and postponements. According to CHATA’s weekly hotel performance monitoring an average of 248.5 booking cancellations were registered in the month of August. This is an average of 56 more booking cancellations than booking postponements in the same month. The top three reasons for cancellations are:
- Closed border for USA travelers,
- Overall travel scare and
- A combination of the mandatory PCR test and ticket prices."
Up until today; (Monday, September 14th 2020); Curacao has a total of 161 COVID-19 cases registered, 102 active cases, 58 recovered 1 person hospitalized and 1 dead.
According to CHATA'S correspondence; "Even though the above-mentioned hotel performance figures are preliminary, as not all properties have reported yet, it already gives a clear indication on the situation and CHATA does not expect much to any change. This is an indication that hotel performance remains a challenge and does not even reach break-even. Consequently, some properties are still not able to open for business and are postponing their opening date. September and October tend to be challenging months, as they are considered to be months of low season. Hotels now have to lower projections even more for the remainder of 2020, as there is no clarity yet on how the market will develop."
According to CHATA's communication; "It can be concluded that as long as the visitor capacity to our island remains limited to 10,000 and we remain open for limited countries, two key factors, the road to recovery may be longer than anticipated."
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