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Minister of Tourism received visit of General Consul of the United States

ORANJESTAD – Yesterday less Travel, which is a proj-
morning, minister of Tourism ect that will help with the
and Public Health, Mr. Dan- flow of passengers for Aru-
gui Oduber held a meet- ba and will also improve
ing with American Gen- the experience of Ameri-
eral Consul, Mrs. Margaret can passengers.
Bond. During this meeting Consequently, the project
they discussed various top- of Queen Beatrix Interna-
ics of interest which will re- tional Airport known as
inforce the bonds between Gateway 2030 was also
Aruba and the United discussed. This project will
States. greatly help with the flow
of passengers and will also
One of the topics discussed expand the capacity of
was the pre-clearance Aruba’s airport.
at the airport, seeing that
currently the government Minister Oduber conclud-
of Aruba is negotiating a ed by mentioning that “this
new agreement with the was a very fruitful meeting
American government. during which Mrs. Bond
The pre-clearance is some- expressed how happy she
thing extremely necessary is with the cooperation
and something that greatly between Aruba and the
helps Aruba in the devel- his intention to maintain the General Consul. has with the United States, United States”. The Gen-
opment of our tourism in pre-clearance as it is, see- including contact with all eral Consul also offered the
the American market, ac- ing the benefits this has for Another topic discussed American aviation compa- Government of Aruba help
cording to a press release. our tourism. All of this will during the meeting was the nies. Oduber also brought for any strategy or vision it
Minister Oduber expressed be done with help from the close contact that Aruba forward the topic of Seam- may have for the future.q

Central Bureau of Statistics carrying out “Child & Youth Survey 2022”

ORANJESTAD – Central Bu- with their parents, use of
reau of Statistics (CBS) re- smartphones, social media
cently began carrying out and gaming, and possible
the “Child & Youth Survey problems related to this,
2022” with the purpose of smoking and use of vaping,
getting better insights of use of alcohol and drugs,
various topics of impor- and mental health.
tance for children and
youth in Aruba, minister of It is the opinion of minister
Economic Affairs, Commu- Wever that the survey will
nication and Sustainable help the academic world
Development, Geoffrey and students in their inves-
Wever, in charge of collec- tigations. It will also provide
tion and production of sta- valuable information to
tistics, explained. inform the community in
general, children and ado-
The Survey will give clarity lescents.
on themes like activities in
which the youth take part The statistics resulting from
in their free time, participa- this survey will be sent to
tion in school, participation ministers, among others,
in the labor market, view minister of Justice and So-
on their future, relationship cial Affairs, Mr. Rocco Tjon;

minister of Tourism and Pub- ute to the work being done velop and monitor policy.
lic Health, Mr. Dangui Odu- to achieve the sustainable “When the National System
ber and minister of Educa- development goals (SDGs) of Statistic (NSS) is imple-
tion and Sport, Mr. Endy regarding children and mented, relevant statistics
Croes to use in their policies youth. like this will also be part of
relating to children and the statistics produced by
adolescents in Aruba. The Information on the situa- NSS”, minister Wever said.q
information resulting from tion of children and youth
this survey will also contrib- in Aruba is relevant to de-