WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO – The international financial crisis helped turn part of the Caribean more accessable to the average Brazilian this season. Neighboring the Americanized Aruba, Curaçao, due to Dutch influence, maintains a certain European feel and wants to attract at least 6 thousand Brazilians per year (today, that number is around three thousand) to its beaches, resorts, stores and restaurants with typical plates, like iguana soup. In order to do this, the local government made deals with 12 travel agencies, which are offering packages up to eight-days on the island starting at US$ 1.258. The price includes a stay at a resort, a charter flight and transportation to and from your hotel. Perhaps to help the campaign with a bit of positive thinking, one of the repeated mantras these days on Curação, in papiamento – the local language which is a mix of Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch – is “nos ker brasilero (we want Brazilians). – Source (translated from PT)
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