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LOCAL Friday 24 November 2023

Aruba Tourism Authority honors loyal visitors at Marriott’s Ocean Club!

The Aruba Tourism Authority re- consecutively visiting Aruba)
cently had the great pleasure of
recognizing Goodwill Ambassa- The honorees were:
dors of Aruba. This lovely couple Goodwill Ambassadors of Aruba
was honored with a certificate ac- Mr. Anthony & Mrs. Carol Ferraro
knowledging their years of visits, from Pennsylvania, United States.
loyalty, and love for the island of
Aruba. Ms. Kimberley Richardson repre-
senting the Aruba Tourism Author-
The honor certification is presented ity, and staff members of the Mar-
on behalf of the Minister of Tourism riott’s Ocean Club bestowed the
as a token of appreciation and to certificate to the honorees, pre-
say “Masha Danki” to guests who sented them with memorable gifts,
have visited Aruba 10, 20, or 35 and also thanked them for choos-
years or more consecutively. ing Aruba as their best-loved va-
cation destination, as their home
The three honoring levels are as away from home. • “Aruba is my home away
follows: from home.” On behalf of the Aruba Tourism
Distinguished Visitor (10>years con- Top reasons for returning to Aruba • Aruba’s warm consistent Authority, we would like to express
secutively visiting Aruba) provided by the honorees were: weather all year round. our sincere gratitude and appre-
Goodwill Ambassador (20>years • Aruba’s generous, kind, • Aruba’s safety. ciation to the honorees for their
consecutively visiting Aruba) thoughtful, considerate, and • “Friends we have made continued visits to the “One Happy
Emerald Ambassador (35>years warm-hearted people.
over the years.” Island”q

Helpful tips for your stay on Aruba

(Oranjestad)—When trav- Ambulance: 911 through the sinks of every
eling to another country, Fire Dept: 115 house, hotels and other
especially for the first time, Oranjestad: HOH hospital: establishments is distilled by the Department of Pub- Safety
it is always better to be +297-527-4000 and perfectly safe to drink. lic Traffic and are based Aruba is one of the safest
over-prepared than under- San Nicolas: ImSan: +297- Aruba’s drinking water ex- on destination rather than islands in the Caribbean,
prepared. That is why we 527-8833 ceeds WHO’s international mileage. Most taxis can and many tourist that visit
have a list of basic—but standards for water qual- take up to five passengers, have often told us how
important—information Electrical power ity, so there is no need to but this may vary depend- they feel safe to explore
that we think may come in Aruba generally operates buy bottled water from the ing on the vehicle. Taxis are the island or walk around
handy to Aruba’s visitors. on 110V to 127V supply store. pretty much always avail- at night. However, rare in-
voltage and 60Hz. There able and you can ever hire cidents do occurs, so keep
Emergency services are also three types of out- Supermarket hours one for $45 an hour. yourself and your belong-
Even though most people lets used on the island: type Supermarket hours may ings safe. q
don’t even want to think A with two flat prongs; type vary depending on where
about having to contact B with two flat and one you are staying on the is-
emergency services—es- grounding prong, and on land. Generally though,
pecially not while on their occasion, type F with two most supermarkets are
vacation, it is still important round prong and two earth open from 8am to 9 or
to know what number to clips on the side. However, 10pm, Monday through
dial in case of the unlikely Type A is most commonly Saturday. On Sundays, su-
event of an accident or se- found in homes and estab- permarkets generally close
vere incident. lishments. earlier; mostly around 2pm.

Police: 100 Drinking water Taxis
Police Tipline: 11141 The water that flows Prices for taxi fair are set