DUTCH REPLACE AMERICANS IN TOURISTS

It's sad (in an embarassing way) to see that they have to resort to bringing their own to their little stinky corrupt islands to make up for the lack of profits in tourism. This leads me to believe that since they are relying on the Dutch to make up the slack, this boycott is leading its way to a SUCCESS!

CURACAO – This coming winter season, the Antilles can expect much more visitors from the Netherlands, promised travel-group TUI. The biggest Dutch travel organization announced yesterday that the number of flights on these destinations will increase considerably.


Other than Curacao and Aruba, also Bonaire is now in the travel-folders. ArkeFly has added the ABC-islands to their schedule flight from the Netherlands. They will make four weekly direct flights to the Antilles and Aruba starting this November. The company anticipates that about 20,000 Dutch travelers will visit Antilles and Aruba this winter, which are double the visitors of last winter.


Goa, the beach destination in India gets for the first time a weekly direct airlink with the Netherlands. TUI thinks that about 8,000 Dutch vacationers will visit India and the nearby Sri Lanka via the several offerings of the travel-group. TUI’s chairman of the board Steven van der Heijden also has expectations for Brazil, as this country has a big tourist future.


Last year, about 10,000 Dutch travelers flew to Brazil. The TUI-group has roughly 50 percent of that market. TUI is going to add Salvador de Bahia and Porto Seguro to their packages. The company anticipates doubling the tourism to Brazil. Expanding the packages has consequences for TUI’s own fleet. Currently, ArkeFly has six aircrafts: four Boeing-767 for faraway destinations and two smaller A320 and A321 airbuses for vacation destinations around the Mediterranean. These airbuses were leased just for this summer. The market is currently not suitable for long-term leases. The prices are too high due to the big demand.


About half of the more than 600,000 tourists that book a vacation by air with TUI, fly now with ArkeFly. The other half flies with other airline companies, with Transavia.com as the most important one. TUI works amongst others with Holland International, Arke and Kras Ster-vacations.