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Aruba Today reports on the work of Foundation Turtugaruba for sea turtle conservation.
Turtugaruba was founded on September 3rd, 2003 by a group of enthusiastic volunteers. Ten years earlier, in 1993, a Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan (STRAP) was introduced in Aruba and the rest of the Caribbean as an initiative of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Tom Barmes, who was working at DLVV (Department of Agriculture, Husbandry and Fishery) was one of the writers of the STRAP for Aruba, together with Karen Eckert, director of WIDECAST (Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network). This is how sea turtle conservation started on the island following a plan that is still complied with today.
The original title of this article (published in
Aruba Today) is “Indians,” but the main topics are Aruba’s Arawak and Carib past and the origins of the island’s name.
There are different theories about the origin of the name Aruba. Most probably the name is of Indian origin, two words joined together like ora (shell) and oubao (island), so that would mean Shell Island. Another explanation would be the combination of uru (canoe) and oubao (island), which could be explained by the fact that the Indians used canoes on the sea and that’s how they have populated Aruba.
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Non-stop flights between the UK and Aruba
Aruba Today reports that as of today December 16, 2020 non-stop flights are available between the United Kingdom and Aruba.
Aruba Tourism Authority (A.T.A) together with the Aruba Airport Authority (A.A.A) is continuously working on amplifying the itinerary to Aruba. This is extremely important especially during this time of crisis. Recently, they have been working on the opportunity of getting flights directly from the United Kingdom after the country announced that their inhabitants could travel again. These efforts lead to the introduction of TUI airline flights from the UK starting with a weekly non-stop flight from Gatwick England to Aruba as per December 16th, 2020 up till October 31st, 2021. The flights have a projection of 70% of occupancy which is around 8.400 passengers for Aruba for the mentioned period.