DUTY-FREE SHOPPING Overview The following items can be imported into Curaçao duty-free (people over 18 years): 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars and 250 grams of tobacco; one fifth alcoholic beverages. Prohibited imports Neither leather goods from Haiti nor silver coins from Suriname and the Netherlands may be imported. ECONOMY Business etiquette A suit and tie or […]

GETTING THERE Arriving by plane Connections from Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Zurich and Vienna to Curaçao are with KLM (KL) (Internet: www.klm.com). Air Berlin (AB) flies from Düsseldorf to Curaçao. TUIFly (Internet: www.tuifly.nl) connects Amsterdam with Curaçao. Departure fee US $ 22. Children under 2 years of age and transit passengers are excluded. Arrival by ship Numerous […]

GENERAL Capital Willemstad. Geography As a country located in North America according to ethnicityology, Curaçao is the largest island in the former Netherlands Antilles and also part of the ABC islands, which also include Aruba and Bonaire. It is 56 km north of Venezuela and is flat, rocky and relatively barren because it rarely rains. […]