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Saturday 7 September 2024

Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Eagle Aruba Resort!

The Aruba Tourism Authority recently had the
great pleasure of recognizing Goodwill Ambas-
sadors of Aruba. The honorees were respec-
tively honored with a certificate for their years
of visits, loyalty, and love for the island of Aruba.

The honorary certification is presented on be-
half of the Minister of Tourism as a token of ap-
preciation and to say “Masha Danki” to guests
who have visited Aruba 10, 20, or 35 years or
more consecutively.

The three levels of honor are as follows:
Distinguished Visitor (10>years consecutively vis-
iting Aruba)
Goodwill Ambassador (20>years consecutively
visiting Aruba)
Emerald Ambassador (35>years consecutively
visiting Aruba) Aruba Resort bestowed the certificate upon • Aruba is One Happy Place.
the honorees, presented them with gifts, and • Aruba’s weather.
The honorees were: thanked them for choosing Aruba as their fa- • Aruba’s restaurants.
Goodwill Ambassadors vorite vacation destination, as their home away • “The hospitality”
Ms. Rhonda & Ms. Kim Waldon from Homestead from home.
Florida, United States. On behalf of the Aruba Tourism Authority, we
The top reasons for returning to Aruba provided would like to express our sincere gratitude and
Mr. Jorgino Willems representing the Aruba by the honorees were: appreciation to the honorees for their contin-
Tourism Authority, and staff members of Eagle • Aruba’s people. ued visits to the “One Happy Island”.q

How Aruban beaches came to be!

(Oranjestad)—We’ve talk- the development of Aru- line (which consists mainly The sand that accumulates Why north deep, but south
ed about the best beaches ban beaches. of coral reefs) have start- around a torn coral reef shallow?
to visit on the island before, ed to wear and tear the is swept away along with Ah! Good question…and
but have you ever won- How did Aruba get its white, reefs over time, resulting the debris by the ocean interesting phrasing.
dered how Aruba got its sandy beaches? in its gradual breakdown. stream. However, in areas
white, sandy beaches, and Aruba’s beaches have de- Fish that feed off corals where it’s shallow and the Aruba is a continental
why there’s a clear differ- veloped over the span of also contribute to this, one stream is weaker, the sand island. The island actu-
ence between the northern thousands of years. Waves small bite at a time. Over tends to sick to the bot- ally forms part of South
and southern shores? Here crashing on the rocky for- the course of thousands tom faster. This is why the America, and the space
are some fun facts about mations along our coast of years, as waves contin- beaches in the south—the between Aruba and the
ue to crash and fish con- areas with weaker stream South American continent
tinue to eat off the corals, and shallower ocean is simply referred to as land
sand starts to accumulate floors—has sand that that runs under the ocean.
around the area. Howev- stretches for miles. In con- This is why it gets gradu-
er, whether the sand stays trast, the northern area, ally deeper in the south,
there is another question where the stream is much whereas the ocean floor in
to be answered, and this is stronger and the ocean the north runs steeply to the
where we highlight the big- floor is much deeper, there bottom. q
gest difference between is no sand present—they
the northern and southern were swept away with the Source: archival document
coast of the island. current! provided by the National Ar-
chive of Aruba (ANA).