[shebacal]

Remarkable is the continuous boom in arrivals from Scandinavian countries. Arrivals from Denmark are up by 520 percent to 62 visitors in July 2005, Finland up by 163 percent to 42 arrivals and Sweden up by 152.1 percent to 184 arrivals. Norway lost its growth steam, 44 Norwegians arrived on the island in July 2005, down by 8.3 percent.

This is what Aruba calls remarkable continuous boom in arrivals from Scandinavia:

Denmark: up by 520% to 62 visitors.
Finland: up by 163% to 42 visitors.
Sweden: up by 152.1 % to 184 visitors.
Norway: down by 8.3% to 44 visitors.

These Scandinavian booming figures will certainly keep the hotels full.

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And we have no idea just how many 'free trips' were involved here. Those costs can go under the 'advertising' category much like newspapers give away free papers to pump up their circulation/distribution numbers to justify the rate they charge for advertising. Gimmicks are used to deceive.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I'm sure that 99% of these folks who went to aruba in july were booked in advance, making them meaningless for the purpose that this rag is attempting......this case received only a small amount (relatively speaking) of publicity through all of june. Where's that live video of the overcrowded beaches? Round trip airfare and 7 days lodging for $700?

Pretty soon they'll be eating that stuff they used to feed to the sharks, and the garbage dump will look like the ones in messico city, over-run with 'residents'. Good thing the Dutch are tolerant, because sooner or later the real arubans will rise up and bite them.....