Aruba Reports Six-Months Tourism Increase.Business & Travel Editors ORANJESTAD, Aruba--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 Aruba is drawing tourists in record numbers. The Aruba Tourism Authority (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ) has announced a 7.37% increase in visitors from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for the first half of 2001. Dr. Lili Beke-Martinez, Minister of Economic Affairs, Tourism, Social Affairs and Culture, attributes Aruba's growing popularity among Americans to Aruba's cultural warmth and diversity, the continued increases in the number of scheduled flights, the island's safety and spectacular year-round weather. In addition, Aruba remains a top repeat vacation paradise and a destination for families and honeymooners. Aruba enjoys scheduled air service between the United States and Aruba on American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Martinair, United, US Airways and TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there . Moreover, charter airlines offer additional nonstop flights to this Dutch Caribbean island. Aruba is a vacationer's paradise located in the heart of the Caribbean, 15 miles north of Venezuela and only two and a half hours by air from Miami. Ideally located outside the hurricane belt The hurricane belt is an area in the Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, which is prone to hurricanes during the Atlantic hurricane season. The only places in the Caribbean that are not in the hurricane belt are the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, Bonaire, , Aruba boasts great weather, cooling trade winds and friendly people. For more information on planning a trip to Aruba, contact the Aruba Tourism Authority at 1-800-TO-ARUBA, or visit our Web site at http://www.aruba.com. This Material is distributed by Everett Clay Associates on behalf of the Aruba's Ministry of Economic Affairs The following nations have a Ministry of Economic Affairs:
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