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Aruba is ranked one of the top 10 Sustainable Holiday Destinations

Oranjestad - By traveling for a number of ranking top 10 most sustainable
we can build connections factors for each vacation, holiday destinations out
that will help us get to know they have highlighted cer- of 20 total destinations. In
and experience other tain information to help 1986 it became a separate
cultures, food and music people who want to travel self-governing constituent
along with a new perspec- plan their next vacation. country of the Netherlands
tive gained on how other Antilles. It is located in the
parts of the world experi- The factors are closest mid-south of the Caribbe-
ence and go about their airports, climate impact an Sea.
daily lives. (based on a round flight
from Heathrow London to With the closest airport be-
Overall traveling has a the destination) measured ing the Queen Beatrix Inter-
strong and long lasting im- in kilograms of CO2, hotels national Airport, a climate
pact in many aspects of with EV charging points, impact of 3709 kilograms of
our lives meaning that a number of vegan restau- CO2, 1 hotel with electric
great and well managed rants, number of nature vehicles charging points,
travel will make a really spots and its pollution level. 137 vegan restaurants, 50
good impact, but a poorly tourism in general. hicle charging points and Furthermore, they looked nature spots and a low pol-
managed travel will con- the number of vegan res- at the air quality of the lution level, Aruba received
sequently have a nega- DiscoverCars.com has ex- taurants the location offers. destinations of which they a 52 out of 100 score.
tive impact. The impact of plored a number of rank- found information of on The
traveling is not only to us, ing factors that have an The most popular tourist Weather Channel. All these We are proud to see that
but it can extend to the impact mainly on climate. destinations were found points taken into account, our Island is recognized for
destination we are in, it’s lo- It includes implications of by looking at TripAdvisor’s each destination could re- its beauty and now for its
cal community and it’s en- a return flight to the desti- most trending destinations ceive a score out of 100. sustainability.q
vironment too which can nation, a total number of of this year. This information,
then have an impact in the hotels that offer Electric Ve- along with data collected Aruba ranked within the Source DiscoverCars.com

Continuation

Remembering Aruba’s history and involvement in World War II

Written by Evert Bongers

Oranjestad - When war broke out Commanders-in-chief of both
in Europe in September 1939, the countries met in Jamaica a week
Netherlands declared itself neu- before the invasion of the Nether-
tral and that applied to the entire lands to secretly agree on the pos-
Kingdom, including 'the West'. sible 'occupation' of the refineries.
The defense of Curaçao would
German merchant ships in the Ca- be reinforced by British troops,
ribbean, chased by English patrol and Aruba by French troops. It
ships, took refuge in the neutral was feared that sabotage would
waters of Curaçao and Aruba to put the refineries out of action.
avoid internment by the English. The Dutch government was not in-
The local authorities, who were not formed of the Allied plans, nor was
waiting for these ships, sent them the American government. The
to 'outer bays' to anchor there United States was also neutral in
and so four German ships were the developing world conflict for
moored in Aruba for the Malmok the time being. In the days before
roadstead. Three of them dared May 10, French ships appeared
to leave again, but the captain of near Aruba, British ships around
the 'Antilla' thought it wiser not to Curaçao.q
take the wide waters, with all the tance to them.
dangers that entailed. The story
of the Antilla would be repeated
in the events of May 10, 1940, the
day of the German invasion of the
Netherlands.

As tensions in Europe escalated
in April 1940 with the German in-
vasion of Denmark and Norway
and troops concentrated on the
borders of the Netherlands and
Belgium, the Allies, England and
France, became increasingly
concerned about securing the re-
fineries on the Dutch coast. Neth-
erlands - Antillean islands with their
oil products were of vital impor-