WILLEMSTAD - Preliminary August 2019 figures show that Curaçao had a hotel occupancy of 75.7%. Compared to the prior year (72.7%), it is an increase of 3 percentage points. The average daily rate (ADR) increased with 0.4% compared to 2018, from $150.46 to $151.01 in 2019. As for the revenue per available room (RevPAR), numbers indicate an increase as well of 4.5%. The revenue per available room in August 2018 was $109.36 and in 2019, it increased to $114.30.

Cruise Arrivals CPA

We welcomed 13 cruise calls in August 2019, which is 2 less cruise calls than August 2018, resulting in a decrease in cruise visitors. There were 34,531 versus 41,542 cruise visitors previous year, which is a 17% decline.

Year to date: January through August 2019

January through August the stayover arrivals grew by 13%, which in absolute numbers is 313 thousand stayover visitors.

January through August the cruise arrivals grew by 4%, which in absolute numbers is 503 thousand cruise visitors.

January through August the overall arrivals grew by 7%, which in absolute numbers is 829 thousand visitors.