Kralendijk, Bonaire
THE HAGUE--The Dutch government last week decided to again extend the economic support and recovery package for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The measures of the so-called emergency package 4.0 for the Caribbean Netherlands will be valid until mid-2021.
In a letter he sent to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament last Friday, State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops explained that extending the package for the three islands was justified.
“The current economic situation of the Caribbean Netherlands remains worrisome,” he stated, noting that the strict measures for incoming traffic combined with the worldwide strong decrease of travel movements resulted in merely a fraction of the regular number of tourists visiting the islands.