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local Wednesday 14 december 2022
Stairs project at Rodgers Beach officially inaugurated

ORANJESTAD – This week stairs goes along with the Oduber thanked the infra-
during an extraordinary vision presented by the structure commission that
press conference, the of- Ministry of Tourism in 2018 was established some time
ficial inauguration of the to complement and real- ago in order to plan, pre-
stairs project at Rodgers ize the master plan for Sero pare and execute the vari-
Beach in Sero Colorado Colorado. ous projects to enhance
took place. Aruban minis- the product Aruba in its en-
ter of Tourism, Mr. Dangui “I am glad that phase after tirety. The commission con-
Oduber was present for the phase we can materialize sists of the Ministry of Tour-
inauguration. and crystallize the beautiful ism, Aruba Tourism Author-
vision that we had for the ity, DIP, DOW and TPEF, and
“The policy and vision of the improvement and beauti- they also consulted with
Ministry of Tourism is direct- fication of this entire area, DNM and the National Park
ed on sustainable policy because I am convinced on the different projects.
to attract affluent tourists, that this project, even
ensure the diversification of though it can be a small Oduber recognized and
our tourism and continue project, has a big mean- gave special thanks to all
investing in the product ing for this area. Because artists who worked on this
Aruba in order to offer a it will become a big tour- project. “During the long
quality product, but also to ist attraction where thou- days they worked from
keep our product competi- sure that there are facili- came, a project that fits in sands of tourists will visit the morning to night with a lot
tive”, Oduber commented ties, fix tennis courts, ensure the policy and vision of the area specifically to see the of passion, a lot of dedica-
during the inauguration. for good landscaping and Ministry of Tourism. art and take pictures”, he tion to present a beautiful
He explained that since this way improve the entire Oduber emphasized that highlighted. project of which we can all
2018 they had already an- area of Baby Beach”, Odu- the inauguration of the be proud.”q
nounced a master plan for ber pointed out.
this area of Sero Colorado
which includes enhance- Regarding the area at Rod-
ment and beautification gers Beach which is part of
of the entire area of Baby the master plan for Sero
Beach and Rodgers Beach. Colorado, Oduber indicat-
In 2019 they were ready ed that the intention is to
to begin executing the expand the beach, create
project and even held a facilities and ensure that it
groundbreaking ceremony becomes an attraction not
for the Baby Beach project only for locals but also for
with the intention of exe- tourists.
cuting all of this in one sole
phase. For the stairs project, Odu-
ber explained that the first
However, at the outbreak phase was to restore the
of the Covid pandemic in stairs completely, which
March 2020, the project was a nice project already
was delayed for almost two on its own, after decades
years, during which practi- during which the stairs
cally no investment was were in a bad state and
done because the focus were not used. The minis-
of the government was at try of Tourism financed the
that moment on managing first phase together with
the outbreak. Aruba Tourism Authority in
order to complete it and
Oduber explained that at the same time they were
once the pandemic was thinking about the second
under relative control, they phase for the stairs project.
picked up the project, “We brainedstormed and
leaving the entire master arrived at the idea to make
plan with all the projects the stairs, which have 50
and plans on the table and steps, a tourist attraction.
announced the first phase This is why we also ap-
of the Baby Beach project. proached local artists to
Now this first phase has help us think about a de-
been delivered. Phase two sign which will become a
was announced, public tourist attraction as well as
tender has taken place for locals to take pictures
and the awarding will also and use it as an ‘Instagram-
begin. Phase three was mable moment’”, Oduber
also announced and exe- commented.
cution will begin soon. “This
will also become a beauti- This project was executed
ful project for Baby Beach, in the past two months,
where we are going to and finally the moment to
improve infrastructure, en- officially deliver the project