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ORANJESTAD - Aruba To- Aruba Today chooses to impressive series of drug/al-
day has a new Facebook be a platform for showcas- cohol addicts in the streets failing Caribbean airlift
page and website. We like ing art. Photographer Mi- of Aruba. He has a creative
to welcome you to our on- chael-Anthony Fowler took mind with always a social
line community! the new cover picture of twist. His style is very natural Continued from Page 13 to ‘assist the region in ratio-
Aruba Today’s Facebook and pure. nalizing international and
The cover picture of the page, following the for- In July 2018, the Prime Min- intra-regional air transport
Facebook page will show mer local talent that shot Aruba To Me Is ister of Barbados, reminded as a means of ensuring the
another picture of a lo- the cover picture: Anuar We would also like to por- the attending Honourables sustainable development
cal photographer every Habibe. Michael is a mul- trait you! By inviting you to at yet another summit that of the tourism sector’, or
couple of months. We love titalented photographer send us your favorite va- “The single domestic space ‘how to develop and main-
culture and like to support who shoots weddings and cation picture while en- for hassle intra-regional tain regional airlift capacity
our local talents, therefore families, but also made an joying our Happy Island. travel must be a place consistent with the sustain-
where we must start if we able development of the
are serious about the sin- tourism sector’. The study
gle market and the single called for ‘Open Skies’ be-
economy. It must be the tween the various countries
place if we want the buy- in the region. Most of the
in of our citizens.” She stat- governments signed bilat-
ed that a single domestic eral agreements with the
space for hassle free travel USA because they want US
pre-supposes a single do- airlines and passengers to
mestic space for transpor- come and visit. But ‘Open
tation and that the Region Skies’ among the Caribbe-
could do better with re- an territories themselves?
spect to moving people Fifteen years of ZZZzzzz and
between island to island snoring!
and country to country. Recently in 2018 at an in-
In 2015, the Secretary Gen- dustry conference, the
eral of the Caribbean Tour- before mentioned Vincent
ism Organization (CTO) has Vanderpool-Wallace stat-
urged regional authorities ed that the Caribbean it-
to institute an Open Skies self is the major market for
policy. It would allow re- Caribbean airlift.
gional carriers to take un-
limited flights to all CARI- The Caribbean may not
COM member states and need any more stud-
encourage the growth of ies and committees, and
competition among carri- meetings of Honourables,
ers, elimination of second- calling upon others to do
ary screening would en- something where they
courage greater demand failed themselves to take
for intra-regional travel. the initiative for action. A
He spoke at the airline ‘Summit-and-Do’ should
route development forum, be organized, whereby is
“World Routes” in Durban, nailed who will take the first
South Africa. step, what will be done,
Already in 2006 a study and a date of completion
was done for the same is set. Wouldn’t that be an
CTO, called ‘Caribbean honourable initiative for
Air Transport Study’ as part Honourables to agree on
of the Caribbean Regional and stick to? In the mean-
Sustainable Tourism Devel- time, …. on and on it goes
opment Program. The main and where it ends no one
objective of the study was knows. q