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local Monday 19 deceMber 2022

Minister of Transport, Integrity, Nature and Senior Affairs, Mr. Ursell Arends

Investments for an Animal Control Department in 2023

ORANJESTAD – Last week, ing these dogs is very lim- “These are the steps were
minister of Transport, In- ited. going to take to improve
tegrity, Nature and Senior where these dogs are
Affairs, Mr. Ursell Arends The Dog Control Center placed when they are
announced the microchip- (CCC) is where dogs and caught and removed from
ping campaign for local cats are taken when they the street. I know that the
pets, in order to help fight are rescued from the street problem exists in a lot of
the issue of cats and dogs and have no owner. At neighborhoods, it is a prob-
on the street. This is a topic the CCC there is enough lem for years already, and
that has been discussed space for a total of eight we are approaching this
for many years, particu- dogs, the minister informed. problem aggressively right
larly the lack of housing for There is space for puppies now”, Arends added.
dogs that are taken off the and very limited space for
streets. cats. “In my opinion it is not With the microchipping
the most humane form ei- campaign, the minister
During a press conference, ther to attend to the cats”, explains, they hope that
Arends pointed out that he added. they can help minimize
he is aware of the prob- the amount of dogs on the giving resistance, collabo- that many times when dogs
lem caused by a large Seeing the dire situation street by using information rate and keep their dogs in are found on the street,
amount of dogs on the regarding space for these that will help locate the their yards.” the neighborhood itself is
streets in many neighbor- animals, the minister men- owners of dogs that are on aware that the dog has an
hoods in Aruba. However, tioned that in the 2023 bud- the streets while belong- He pointed out that owner, but it is difficult to lo-
aside from this problem, get there are funds allocat- ing to a household. “I hope once the dogs are micro- cate the owner. The micro-
even though dogs can be ed for the government of that the community can chipped, they can be re- chip will make it easier to
rescued off the streets, the Aruba to invest in an Ani- understand the steps we turned to their homes more bring the dog back home
available space for hous- mal Control Department. are taking and instead of easily. Arends commented to its own family.q

ATA Latin American team met with partners in Aruba

ORANJESTAD – As part of Aruba Tourism Author- The Latin American market took a little longer to eration to the recovery and some of the part-
ity (ATA)’s strategy, there are different moments reopen after the pandemic compared to North ners who produced the most, but also those
throughout the year when meetings are held America and Europe, but it’s worth noting that who took part in different marketing initiatives
with partners in Aruba, as well as ATA’s team the recovering is ongoing for this market as well. and were interested in continuing growing this
in each market. Recently, the Latin American Until November, a recovery of 76 percent was market, received a special certificate. Regard-
Marketing Update Meeting took place, where noted in the amount of visitors from Latin Amer- ing hotels, recognition was given to Brickell Bay
more details were presented about the plan ica compared to the same period for 2019, so Beach Club & Spa, Barcelo Aruba, Eagle Aruba
and objective for 2023 to local partners. it is expected that this recovery will continue, Resort & Casino, RIU and Holiday Inn Aruba.
since the market indicates that the demand is De Palm Tours also received recognition in the
The meeting took place at the Hyatt Place there. The main recovery at this moment is com- area of activities.
Aruba Airport, where an extensive presenta- ing from Colombia, where numbers indicated ATA thanks every partner supporting the Latin
tion was given on what can be expected in the that we are practically reaching the 2019 level American market, which makes the strategy for
2023 marketing plan for Aruba. Those present once again. diversification possible. For 2023, ATA will con-
received some new and out-of-the-box ideas tinue focusing on diversifying our visitors to have
to market the island of Aruba abroad, and at- Taking advantage of having all partners to- a healthy distribution of visitors from different
tract even more visitors to our island. gether, gratitude was expressed for their coop- regions.q