WILLEMSTAD – Hospitality entrepreneur Haitham Metry advocates giving tourists a good treatment when they arrive in Curaçao from a long trip. “This is how all tourists should be treated, but for tourists who come from a long distance and perhaps had another option, the welcome they receive is very important. There cannot be long lines at the airport taking into account that travelers get up from 4.00 a.m. in the morning and spend long hours on a flight.” This is what Metry said.
Metry himself has experienced this situation closely, at the time he arrived from Brazil recently. To catch a flight from Brazil to Curaçao, tourists must get up at as early as 4.00 a.m. in the morning and then fly either to Panama or Bogota to be able to catch a flight to Curaçao. Considering the amount of hours that tourists fly, including those coming from the Netherlands, it is important to treat them well and diligently when they arrive. Immigration, taxi drivers and all the people who live and work here must realize that they are making an enormous effort, so we must avoid talking to them immediately about money since in fact the visitor has spent money to get to Curaçao. What you should do is receive it with a happy face and shorten the waiting time, since choosing Curaçao, as a tourist destination on your part, is an honor for us, as stated by the company.
It is important to realize that the tourists have a wide range of options to travel too. Currently there are no direct flights from Brazil to Curaçao. Tourists who want to come to Curaçao must pass through Bogotá with their strict control or through Panama, which are large airports. Many times the journey from Brazil to one of these airports is already too long and then you must make the journey to reach Curaçao. Extra has information that it is working on a direct flight from Sào Paulo to Curaçao and vice versa within the framework of the promotion on the Brazilian market.
Currently there is a large promotion that is taking place in different South American countries, among others in Brazil but also in Colombia. Colombia is giving more results day after day, especially after yesterday, when Avianca expanded the amount of flight to Curaçao from 7 to 11 times a week.
