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Our beaches along with our people remain the

ESSENCE of Aruba as a Product
According to Minister Otmar Oduber

NOT too long ago the Tourism Office illegal construction projects on the the quality of our beaches and create that will be renovated and cleaned next
promoted our beaches by letting beaches and chaotic situations in public beaches that are more like by year, which are the Playa Linda area,
different countries in our region use our different water sport companies. tourists and locals. Holiday Inn area and Marriott area. We
beaches for their own promotion thus Besides this infrastructure investments want to clean them and preserve them
showing how beautiful our beaches have been made. The reason for this is Minister Oduber concluded by saying: for the future.”
really are. Now it’s our turn to maintain because many cruise tourists only go to “These are major investments but With all these projects being executed
these beautiful beaches. the hotel area beaches. With the funds these are projects that need to be the quality of our beaches will surely
The funds to start this maintenance donated by TPF, ATA and FDA different implemented. We’ve already met with be improved thus improving Aruba as
project haven’t been available for years, facilities are being created at numerous the commission to discuss the beaches a product.
but now through the Tourism Office public beaches, like
marketing funds have been recovered Arashi and Nikki
to better Aruba as a product. Aruba Beach. Some of these
Tourism Authority used to depend facilities include a
on the Aruban Government to invest public bathroom and
tax money for them to function, but parking spaces.
in less than 5 years ATA is completely
independent and can even give back to One project also
the Aruban community. A project that being executes is
costs more than 10 million florins which the sand project,
the Government would’ve had to pay where mud and
for is now being executed completely rubbish will be
by ATA. Minister Oduber thanked ATA extracted from the
for doing all of this. water and replaced
with clean white
After two years of deliberating the sand. This project
beach renovation and cleaning project is for the entire
will finally be executed the upcoming Nikki Beach area.
weeks. This beach policy regulates This will increase

ARUBA TRAVELLER - Wednesday, July 22 2015 3LOCAL