Business View Caribbean | August 2022

38 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 AT A GLANCE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CURACAO WHAT: A government Ministry that gives direction to sustainable economic development in Curacao WHERE: Based in Willemstad, Curacao WEBSITE: https://gobiernu.cw/ministerionan/desaroyo-ekonomiko/ Development Curacao refinery that was the number one economic pillar is not operating right now. A lot of small businesses have closed their doors. But now the tourism industry has picked up and has become the number one pillar that is sustaining our economy. “So we are trying to get more out of the tourism sector; to take advantage of the low hanging fruit and try to diversify our tourism industry. Still, it is very clear to me that we have to look in other sectors. Exporting services is going to be one of the sectors that have my attention, so we can get more income coming to the island.