In a series of photos published by the minister in charge of Nature, Ursell Arends, on his social media, Facebook, it is evident that individuals have written with what appears to be a marker pen on large rocks in nature, an act that the minister considers “unacceptable.”
On his Facebook page, the official wrote a post: “The following images were shared with us. Something absolutely unacceptable! We need to encourage tourists to respect our nature. Tour guides, whether on land or sea, taxi drivers, everyone who works directly with tourists, and if you see something like this being done as well. We can all lend a hand to preserve our nature. Stop stacking rocks and stop writing on them!”
Aruba Today also contacted Minister Arends, where he assured that such acts are not tolerable when it comes to nature in Aruba. The photos were taken at Arashi, but it is not known if there are more rocks that have also been similarly marked with marker pens.
“The idea is to bring more awareness in the community, with tour companies and with the tourists themselves, to neither support nor commit such acts. This is vandalism against nature,” the official affirmed.
The call is to any citizen or tourist to consider that what might be considered a “custom” in certain countries can ultimately have a negative environmental impact and reflects a need to express oneself with meaningless content, besides affecting the landscape.
It is for this reason that we implore our beloved visitors to respect and honor our beautiful nature by maintaining it clean and healthy.
