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LOCAL Wednesday 24 July 2024

Aruba Tourism Authority honored loyal visitors at Barcelo Aruba- All Inclusive!

The Aruba Tourism Authority recently who have visited Aruba 10, 20, or 35
had the great pleasure of recogniz- years or more consecutively.
ing Distinguished Visitors of Aruba.
The honorees were respectively The three levels of honor are as fol-
honored with a certificate for their lows:
years of visits, loyalty, and love for Distinguished Visitor (10>years con-
the island of Aruba. secutively visiting Aruba)
Goodwill Ambassador (20>years
The honorary certification is pre- consecutively visiting Aruba)
sented on behalf of the Minister of Emerald Ambassador (35>years con-
Tourism as a token of appreciation secutively visiting Aruba)
and to say “Masha Danki” to guests
The honorees were:
Distinguished Visitors
Mr. Kurt & Mr. Nicholas Richter from
Hamilton New Jersey, United States. gifts, and thanked them for choos- well and take care of me”
ing Aruba as their favorite vacation • “I basically grew up here”
Goodwill Ambassador destination, as their home away from • Aruba’s weather
Mrs. Melina Richter from Hamilton home. • “The relationship we have
New Jersey, United States. built with our Aruba family”
The top reasons for returning to Aruba
Mr. Jorgino Willems representing the provided by the honorees were: On behalf of the Aruba Tourism Au-
Aruba Tourism Authority, and staff • Aruba’s beach. thority, we would like to express our
members of Barcelo Aruba- All Inclu- • Aruba’s restaurants. sincere gratitude and appreciation
sive bestowed the certificate upon • “I love me Aruba family” to the honorees for their continued
the honorees, presented them with • “The staff at Barcelo treat me visits to the “One Happy Island”.q

Planning on snorkeling? Get to know our Candelchi!

(Oranjestad)—If you’re swims all year long in the known as Santa Rosa, offers different species of squir- sionally. They can be distin-
ever planning on snorkel- waters of Aruba. this informative article that relfish. They all look alike guished by different marks
ing during your vacation on illustrate some fish and their and it's really difficult to dis- such as color on the dorsal
Aruba, you may spot fish Let's talk about the names names in Papiamento. tinguish between them. spine or marks on the body.
that you can’t recognize. of fish. Do you know your
One of these may be the fish? The Department of Candelchi, Squirrelfish, Ho- The squirrelfish family is dis- In Aruba:
“Candelchi” (Squirrelfish), Department of Agriculture, locentrus adscensionis: tinguished by the following Candelchi are found on
a common, yet shy fish that Livestock, and Fisheries, Candelchi actually refers to characteristics. They are reefs or areas with structure
the entire squirrelfish family heart-shaped with pink or in the water where they
or, as some say, when we red hues and often show can hide. Although they
say candelchi, we mean heart-shaped streaks be- prefer to hunt for food at
several different species tween the scales along night, they are also active
but without distinguishing the body. They have hard during the day. They are
them by species. In this fins and are always armed. edible and delicious when
picture, we are showing Over at our sister island Cu- prepared dry and crispy
the most common one in raçao, they are called "bari with lime. It is particularly
our waters, which is called di clabo" (nail barrel) for challenging to scale the
squirrelfish in English or sci- that reason. fish, which is why it is not
entifically known as Holo- one of the favorites among
centrus adscensionis. In our waters, there are 7 to fishermen. They often live in
8 types or species present groups.q
Under candelchi, we in Aru- and they are sometimes
ba generally refer to all the caught and seen occa-