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                                                                                                           LOCAL Tuesday 1 OcTOber 2024






























            Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Divi Aruba


            Phoenix Beach Resort!


            The  Aruba  Tourism  Authority  recently  had  the  ginia, United States.
            great pleasure of recognizing Distinguished Vis-
            itors of Aruba. The honorees were respectively  Mr. Jorgino Willems representing the Aruba Tour-
            honored with a certificate for their years of visits,  ism Authority, and staff members of Divi Aruba
            loyalty, and love for the island of Aruba.      Phoenix Beach Resort bestowed the certificate
                                                            upon the honorees, presented them with gifts,
            The honorary certification is presented on be-  and thanked them for choosing Aruba as their
            half of the Minister of Tourism as a token of ap-  favorite  vacation  destination,  as  their  home
            preciation and to say “Masha Danki” to guests  away from home.
            who  have  visited  Aruba  10,  20,  or  35  years  or
            more consecutively.                             The top reasons for returning to Aruba provided
                                                            by the honorees were:
            The three levels of honor are as follows:       •       Aruba’s people.
            Distinguished Visitor (10>years consecutively vis-  •   Aruba’s beaches.
            iting Aruba)                                    •       Aruba’s restaurants.
            Goodwill Ambassador (20>years consecutively  •          “Ease of getting around”
            visiting Aruba)                                 •       “Night life choices”
            Emerald  Ambassador  (35>years  consecutively
            visiting Aruba)                                 On  behalf  of  the  Aruba  Tourism  Authority,  we
                                                            would like to express our sincere gratitude and
            The honorees were:                              appreciation  to  the  honorees  for  their  contin-
            Distinguished Visitors                          ued visits to the “One Happy Island”.q
            Mr.  Otha  &  Mrs.  Patricia  from  Chesterfield  Vir-


            Aruba’s neighborhoods; the meaning behind their names


            Just like any other country, Aruba  Ajo, or Ayo, is a word with Arawak-
            has unique and beautifully named  Indian origin. A (or Ha) is an Indo-                                                   Alto Vista
            neighborhoods that all form a part  Antillean generalizing word. If you                                     This  word  combination  can  be
            of  its  culture  and  development.  were  to  change  a  part  of  the                                     roughly translated to a ‘high point
            Many of these names have a his-     word  “Ayo”,  namely  ‘Yo’,  to  ‘Yu’                                   of view’ and the neighborhood re-
            torical  background  and  meaning  and  make  ‘Ayu’,  it  would  mean                                       ceived this name from the Hill.
            that  teaches  us  about  the  island  “white.”
            and its rich culture every day.                                                                               In  the  surrounding  areas,  Domin-
                                                However,  as  we  now  know,  the                                       goAntonia  Silvestre  built  his  by  his
            With this series, we want to take you  name  of  the  neighborhood  is  At Ayo, you can find some of the  own  means  the  very  first  chapel
            on  a  journey  of  discovery,  where  ‘Ayo’.  The  word  ‘Yo’  stands  for  most  well  known  rock  formations.  or  church  of  Aruba.  The  walls  of
            you’ll  learn  not  only  the  beautiful  Yocahu,  which  is  another  word  These  formations  became  a  well  this church were made with rocks
            names but the history behind it that  for  ‘creator’  in  Arawak/Taino  and  loved and visited attraction at Aru-  but the roof was made of dry corn
            gives it life and meaning.          in the Papiamento spoken today,  ba that is held in high regards by  stalks. The church was inaugurated
                                                ‘Ayo’ means ‘bye’.                  both tourists and locals alike.     by father Pablo Algemesi
                           Ayo
                                                                                    If  you’d  like  to  know  more  about  If  you’d  like  to  know  more  about
                                                                                    the  rock  formations  at  Ayo,  stay  the  Alto  Vista  Church’s  beautiful
                                                                                    tuned for our article where we tell  history,  stay  tuned  for  our  article
                                                                                    you all about its location and his-  where we tell you all you need to
                                                                                    tory.                               know about it for when you visit it.

                                                                                    This  neighborhood’s  abbreviation  This  neighborhood’s  abbreviation
                                                                                    is; A.                              is; AV.q
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