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The existing torto houses on Aruba date back approximately 150 years. [7] Initially, many houses on the island were built using this construction method, but it fell out of use as cement became readily available. As of 2005, there were 62 torto houses remaining, with only four of them being in good condition. [citation needed]
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Aruba Caribbean Hotel (1964) The Aruba Ariba cocktail drink was created on July 1, 1963, at the Aruba Caribbean Hotel. During a bartender competition, the 24-year-old Juan (Jocky) Tromp, [2] the bar manager of the hotel, emerged as the winner with his creation, Aruba Ariba.
In 1805, Paardenbaai had 32 houses, which increased to 185 by 1824 and 196 by 1832. The village was described in 1837 as "of great size but so irregularly built that it resembles more a heap of scattered houses than anything that can be called a city". [10] In 1860, approximately 1,000 out of Aruba's 2,849 inhabitants resided in the capital. [20]
The economy of Aruba is an open system, with tourism currently providing the largest percentage of the country's income. Because of tourism's rapid growth in the last 80 years, related industries like construction have also flourished in Aruba. Other primary industries include oil refining and storage, as well as offshore banking.
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A map of Aruba, showing points of interest. The island of Aruba is one of the constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea.Aruba has no administrative subdivisions, but, for census purposes, is divided into six districts, each of which has many neighbourhoods within it.
The Aruban tourism industry dates to the 1930s when the first commercial airline landed on Aruba and a guest house was established in Oranjestad.Starting in the early 1960s with the rise of a new wave in the tourism industry and the opening of the first luxury resort, Aruba Caribbean Hotel, a national aspiration arose to become "The little Miami of the Caribbean".