Curaçao Promoted in Japan as a Vacation Destination

Stanley Palm, Minister of Economic Development, paid a visit to Japan to promote Curaçao. He met with Luc Delaplace, the Director of KLM, who said he is willing to help promote Curaçao in Japan. KLM has already been marketing Amsterdam as a hub in Europe to the Japanese. The idea is to price the Netherlands and Curaçao as a dual destination, where both countries could benefit. Besides meeting with Delaplace, Palm also visited Harue Nakagawa of the Japanese division of the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions. Palm was told that the Japanese are known to enjoy travelling abroad to explore art and culture. Since the Japanese receive 20 vacation days a year, they would be willing to travel long distances. Curaçao’s golden boy, homerun king Wladimir ‘Coco’ Ten Bale, plays for a Japanese club, so promoting his home island could attract Japanese tourists to choose Curaçao as a vacation destination.