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Friday 23 May 2025
Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club!

The honorary certification Ms. Keyttin Silva, represent- sincere gratitude and ap- for their continued visits to
is presented on behalf of ing the Aruba Tourism Au- preciation to the honorees the “One Happy Island”.q
the Minister of Tourism as thority, and staff members
a token of appreciation of the Marriott’s Aruba
and to say “Masha Danki” Ocean Club bestowed the Planning on
to guests who have visited certificate upon the honor- snorkeling?
Aruba 10, 20, or 35 years or ees, presented them with
more consecutively. gifts, and thanked them for Get to know
choosing Aruba as their fa-
The three levels of honor vorite vacation destination, our “Dorado”
are as follows: as their home away from
Distinguished Visitor home.
(10>years consecutively
visiting Aruba) The top reasons for return-
Goodwill Ambassador ing to Aruba provided by
(20>years consecutively the honorees were:
visiting Aruba) • The Marriott’s Aruba
Emerald Ambassador Ocean Club employees. (Oranjestad)—If you’re They grow very fast, up to
The Aruba Tourism Author- (35>years consecutively • Aruba’s weather. ever planning on snorkel- 2.7 inches (almost 7 cm)
ity recently had the great visiting Aruba) • Aruba’s best sea- ing during your vacation per week. They can live
pleasure of recognizing food. on Aruba, you may spot up to a maximum of 5
Emerald Ambassadors of The honorees were: • Aruba’s beach wa- fish that you can’t recog- years although very few
Aruba. The honorees were Emerald Ambassadors ter nize. One of these may reach that age. Most be-
respectively honored with Mr. Robert and Mrs. Doro- be the “Dorado”, a com- come adults within 1 year
a certificate for their years thy Howard from Kissim- On behalf of the Aruba mon fish that swims all but many become re-
of visits, loyalty, and love mee, Florida, USA. Tourism Authority, we year long in the waters of productive after just 5 or
for the island of Aruba. would like to express our Aruba. Here’s some infor- 6 months and reproduce
mation about the beloved very quickly too.
Dorado. They live in open water on
the surface most of the
Dorado has many dif- time. Many fish seek them
ferent names it can be around sushi lines or float-
referred to. Dral, Dorao, ing objects on the sea.
Drals, Drado, are some Often you will find a group
of them in Papiamento. landing together and if
In English, it is also called you keep a male on the
Mahi Mahi, Dolphinfish, or line, often the others will
Dorado. It's a good exam- stay close or can keep the
ple to reflect on why there group interested by giving
can be many names. shrimp or squid.
The same fish becomes
known by different com- Description:
mon names, why? Com- Dorado has a distinctive
mon names come only body. It has a large tail
when a group of people, and its long, flat body
to understand each oth- ends in a large blunt
er, assign a name to a fish. head. Its color of yellow
Mahi Mahi, for example, and green or blue makes
comes from Hawaii and it immediately recogniz-
means "very strong". Do- able, even with small vari-
rado is based on Spanish ations in these colors.
and refers to the golden
yellow color that the fish Dorado has clear differ-
shines with under the sun. ences between adult
Why it's called Dolphin- females and males. The
fish in English is not well male is larger and can
defined and while there easily reach 50 to 80
are several stories around pounds and has a much
this, none have been con- flatter head compared
firmed. to the female. Therefore,
Dorado is found in all trop- male Dorados are also
ical to subtropical oceans called "bull Dorado".
around the world. Do-
rado is very popular both Dorado can be found in
for recreational fishing our waters around the is-
and for consumption. It is land all year round, but
known among fishermen there are periods when it
as an exciting catch and is easier to find than oth-
a fish that puts up a good ers.
fight. Its meat is very good
for consumption and it is Source: The Department of
also commercially fished Agriculture, Livestock, and
for that reason. Fisheries (Santa Rosa).