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              Aruba Tourism Authority honors a                                                     Prohibited by law: leaving



              loyal visitor at Divi Phoenix Hotel!                                                 the  island  with  seashells,
                                                                                                   white sand or corals


                                                                                                   (Oranjestad)—Often  times,  pay  before  leaving.  This  is
                                                                                                   the customs department at  surely  not  a  pleasant  ex-
                                                                                                   the airport intercepts many  perience for the tourist. This
                                                                                                   tourists  leaving  the  island  also leads to a negative re-
                                                                                                   with  seashells,  white  sand  action  which  can  put  our
                                                                                                   and/or corals as souvenirs.   tourism in a negative light.


                                                                                                   Conforming  to  the  inter-  Though we love to accom-
                                                                                                   national  treaty  of  CITES  modate our visitors, let’s all
                                                                                                   and  our  local  law  which  give  nature  the  respect  it
                                                                                                   protects  our  Flora  &  Fau-  deserves by protecting our
                                                                                                   na,  it  is  absolutely  prohib-  environment.  Stop  collect-
                                                                                                   ited  to  take  any  seashell,  ing  seashells,  white  sand
                                                                                                   sand  and  coral  outside  and corals from our shores
                                                                                                   of Aruba. This is to protect  and  stop  buying  or  ac-
                                                                                                   our  environment.  The  high  cepting  these  from  local
                                                                                                   number  of  seashells,  coral  sellers or companies.
                                                                                                   and  amount  of  sand  con-
                                                                                                   fiscated is very strange and  We want our future gener-
                                                                                                   it is suspected that our own  ations and visitors to enjoy
              The  Aruba  Tourism  Authority  recently  lakos from New York, United States         locals  are  the  ones  selling  the  beauty  of  our  beach-
              had  the  great  pleasure  of  recognizing                                           these to the tourists, which  es,  shells  and  corals  in  a
              Emerald Ambassadors of Aruba.             Mr.  Jorgino  Willems  representing  the   is unacceptable.             sustainable  way,  without
                                                        Aruba Tourism Authority, and staff mem-                                 destroying or disrupting the
              These  Ambassadors  were  respectively  bers of Divi Phoenix Hotel bestowed the      Upon  confiscation  at  the  Aruban ecosystem. Help us
              honored with a certificate acknowledg-    honor certification to the honoree, pre-   airport,  you  can  also  face  protect what is ours!
              ing their years of visits, loyalty, and love  sented  her  with  gifts,  and  thanked  her   a  fine  that  they  have  to
              for the island of Aruba.                  for choosing Aruba as her favorite vaca-
                                                        tion destination, as her home away from
              The  honor  certification  is  presented  on   home.
              behalf of the Minister of Tourism as a to-
              ken of appreciation and to say “Masha  Top reasons for returning to Aruba, pro-
              Danki” to guests who have visited Aruba  vided by Mrs. Pavlakos were:
              10, 20, or 35 years or more consecutively.
                                                        Aruba’s beaches
              The three honoring levels are as follows:
                                                        Aruba’s friendly people
              Distinguished  Visitor  (10)years  consecu-
              tively visiting Aruba)                    Aruba’s sun
              Goodwill Ambassador (20)years consec-     Aruba’s food
              utively visiting Aruba)
                                                        Aruba`s hospitability
              Emerald Ambassador (35)years consec-
              utively visiting Aruba)                   On behalf of the Aruba Tourism Author-
                                                        ity, we would like to express our sincere
              The honoree was:                          gratitude and appreciation to the hon-
                                                        oree for his continued visits to the “One
              Emerald  Ambassador  Mrs.  Martha  Pav-   Happy Island”.
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