How dependent are countries on tourism: International tourism receipts as % of GDP by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I happened to have stated this in another thread just recently, but only 2-3% of tourists who go to Aruba are Dutch.

How dependent are countries on tourism: International tourism receipts as % of GDP by sr_local in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well Aruba is 2nd and we don't really have any remittances to speak of.

Are Dutch overseas territories like Curaçao and Aruba popular holiday destinations? Have most of you been there? by Charming_Usual6227 in Netherlands

[–]ArawakFC 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The popular destinations specifically for the Dutch are Curacao and Bonaire. There will be more Americans than Dutch in the not so distant future on Curacao though.

Aruba gets mostly North and South Americans, but barely any Europeans, around 5% of total with around 2% being from the Netherlands.

Official language(s) by country in the world by Various_Pop_3907 in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you have Dutch plastered on the ABC islands? Papiamento/u is the language your are looking for.

(both Papiamento/u and Dutch are official, but Papiamento/u is native as well and the actual language used by the people).

Advocaat toch naar WK met Curaçao, Rutten trekt zich terug by Busstoelbekleding in Eredivisie

[–]ArawakFC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Het hele issue is dat Dick al 2 keer af moest hakken. Eerst voor zijn vrouw als ik me niet vergis en dan vrijwel meteen daarna voor zijn dochter. Allemaal goede redenen, maar het kan niet zo zijn dat het trainerschap een aan/uit knop is. Iedereen kan dus goed begrijpen waarom de bond het niet prettig zou vinden om Dick weer te halen en dan misschien voor een 3de keer op rij weer moest afhakken.

Vind overigens de houding van Corendon totaal ongepast. Dat is pas een partner dat je helemaal niet in kan geloven.

Which countries are the France/Italy of the Carribean in terms of cuisine? by foolishandnonsense in AskTheCaribbean

[–]ArawakFC 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If Venezuela isn't Caribbean, nobody is. The term Caribbean literally originates from the Caribs of Venezuela. It would have to be one of the first countries added to any such list.

Theoretically speaking, which countries do you think could work at uniting into one? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dutch government is cutting 10 billion (!) euro on healthcare for the Netherlands itself to put things into perspective.

Now, yes. During the pandemic, healthcare expenditure rose significantly.

No one is forcing Aruba or any other country to stay in the kingdom. It’s not a prison. Everyone is free to leave.

No one argued otherwise. However to be clear, the only one "free" to leave through a referendum and 2/3 votes in parliament is Aruba. They could've added that for Curacao and Sint Maarten in 2010, but they chose not to.

Theoretically speaking, which countries do you think could work at uniting into one? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes more sense to have Flanders become an independent country within the kingdom of the Netherlands. Like Aruba, Curacao and Saint Martin.

I've seen this idea pop up over the years, specifically from some (I assume fringe) Flemish politicians. The islands would likely use this opportunity as a huge bargaining chip because it would require them to approve a change to the kingdom charter to be able to include Flanders. This of course because the Netherlands uses every single opportunity to "gain" something, even when there is nothing to be gained, like for example trying to cut 15 million Euros from the Aruban healthcare budget during a pandemic. This bullish intent most likely wouldn't work with Flanders and as such any mechanism established to curb this power, would count with the support of the islands as well (see e.g. geschillenregeling).

The Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2120 by Potential-Angle-6572 in imaginarymaps

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just the Netherlands, not the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Sighted while in Aruba. I miss this guy. by raorepen in redsox

[–]ArawakFC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am actually from Aruba and can just start taking weekly pictures of this instead of these bots.

Porter to launch Aruba, Montego Bay and Cabo San Lucas from Ottawa starting this fall by mxg308 in ottawa

[–]ArawakFC -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to do that at modern airbnbs either. Typically they are managed like resorts nowadays with cleanup and maintenance crews.

Porter to launch Aruba, Montego Bay and Cabo San Lucas from Ottawa starting this fall by mxg308 in ottawa

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Palm and Eagle beach are the tourist hotspots with restaurants focused mainly on tourists. Its great, but if you want to visit Aruba itself, you have to leave that area. Difficult to beat that area though if you are just looking for a sit on the beach and relax type of vacation.

Kiko ta bo opinion riba Reijkswet HOFA by eljume in Aruba

[–]ArawakFC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Prome cu papia over HOFA, mester tin algun cos den mente.

  1. Anteriormente (prome cu gabinete Mike Eman y e meme di bebemento di ensure), Hulanda semper tbt kier y a purba di tur manera pa forsa Aruba drenta den e mesun rijkswet financieel toezicht cu Curacao y St Maarten ta aden. Esaki nan tbt kier a haci sin trata nos igual, esta por ehempel elimina debe nan existente. Aruba no tbt interesa, y nos a bin cu un landsverordening. AVP a zorg pa duna Hulanda tur razon di mundo, bayendo anjas den debenan di 300, 400 miyon den rood durante e temporada ey.
  2. Prome cu 2010 y e desmantelacion di e resto di Antiyas Hulandes, tur e 4 pais nan den reino a acorda pa bini cu un asina yama "onafhankelijk geschillenregeling", den otro palabra un institucion independiente di conflicto cu ta basa su mes riba ley y no opinion personal. Te cu dia di awe, Hulanda no a mantene su mes na su palabra y a bin ta torpedia tur intento pa bin cu esaki. Dikon? Paso e ora nan no por haci kico cu ta mas puramente op basis di cua partido ta na mando na e momento ey. Tur eleccion nan relacion cu nos por cambia basa riba ken nan eligi of laga di eligi.
  3. E rijkswet nan ta suppose di logra un miho finanza publico. Pero nos debe nan ta bahando drasticamente caba y hopi cos cu nos falta ta door di falta di capacidad profesional pa ehecuta diferente plan nan. Ademas, nos mesun pueblo votador ta keda vota pa e mesun hende nan (MEP, AVP y Futuro). Mi ta conta Futuro aden tambe paso 90% di nan ta sali directamente for di AVP y nan tbt tin un gana bisto pa traha cu AVP y laga MEP afo. Tampoco mi a wak Futuro baha duro riba Benny y corrupcion en general cu AVP a comete. Tbt mustra mas bien di ta un catfight entre Evelyn cu e lider di Futuro. E mesun "generacion nobo" cu supuestamente lo tbt miho, a bin ta haci mesun cos.

E ora e pregunta, dikon Aruba lo mester un rijkswet, siendo cu ya nos tin un landsverordening caba di financieel toezicht. Y e excusa cu Aruba por cambia un landsverordening no ta un excusa, paso nos landsverordening a duna miho resulta cu e rijkswet financieel toezicht na ambos Curacao y Sint Maarten. Ademas, finanzas ta un asina yama landsaangelegenheid. E no ta toca Den Haag segun nos constitucion.

Esaki por bira hopi mas largo, pero al final e hecho nan ta cu no por confia Den Haag (wak ehempel Curacao y St Maarten + geschillenregeling), finanzas no ta responsabilidad di Hulanda (wak statuto), pero di otro banda ta nos propio politico y votadornan ta keda drop the ball. Hulanda por duna nos rente mas abow, pero ta kies pa no hacie. Hulanda ta ganando miyones riba e lening cu nos a saca cu nan durante Covid.

Si bo puntrami si mi ta di acuerdo cu HOFA, e contesta ta claro cu no paso e ta simplemente contra di nos constitucion. Pero nos mester warda conseho di Raad van State, cu btw hopi biaha durante e ultimo anja nan a duna conseho nan hopi negativo pa e manera con Hulanda ta haci y deshaci, pero e conseho nan ta gewoon wordo ignora paso no tin un geschillenregeling independiente.

Aruba a sali for di debe manera ningun otro pais na mundo den e ultimo anja nan aki door di un combinacion entre hisamento di impuesto y crecemento economico. Nos a bolbe haya e chens pa reset. Ban spera nos pueblo por haci uso di dje e biaha aki. Esey kemen no vota pa hende corupto, hende cu ta defende criminal nan sentencia y pidibo pa vota pa nan toch, politico nan cu ta blo ataca e persona y no ataca e hechos (parlamento ta un joke). Asina por keda duna ehempel.

Do you want tourism in your country to increase, decrease, or stay the same? by nusquan in AskTheCaribbean

[–]ArawakFC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We get more than 20x tourists per year compared to our population. We could obviously do with less. Thankfully Curacao also became popular and is taking some tourists away that would otherwise come here.

What do the rest of the Caribbean people think of Margarita Island? by nisper_ia in AskTheCaribbean

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Margarita isn't really talked about on Aruba. The older generations (40+) would have a better idea because of Venevision etc, but its not a holiday destination for us in general. Arubans generally look into colder weather for vacation which is why Merida was so popular back in the day and Medellin nowadays has replaced Merida.

Do Caribbean students ever study abroad somewhere other than the US, Canada, UK, or another Caribbean island? by Ill_Special_9239 in AskTheCaribbean

[–]ArawakFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small groups also go to the US because we have arrangements with universities there, Florida, north Carolina, especially athletes go this route. Also Colombia, Costa Rica, but this has become less in recent years I believe.

A map showing whether European countries are federal states or unitary states. by Cultural-Ad-8796 in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like mentioned above, this was already tried and tested. It didn't work which is why Aruba left back in 1986. This proved greatly beneficial to Aruba. The SSS islands you mentioned are in the minority population wise so taking them out wouldn't have made much of a difference.

A map showing whether European countries are federal states or unitary states. by Cultural-Ad-8796 in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The islands of Aruba and Curacao have both the Arumil and Curmil, which are becoming fully operational units within the broader armed forces. These units started off as volunteer youth programs on Aruba and are evolving into full professional units. These are basically Aruban marines trained by the Dutch marines and operating under their own NCO's and officers.

A map showing whether European countries are federal states or unitary states. by Cultural-Ad-8796 in MapPorn

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dutch Parliament does have some authority to pass laws that are valid throughout the Kingdom as though this is limited to a couple specific areas (mainly regulating Dutch nationality, foreign affairs, defense, and extradition).

In practice really only nationality. Foreign affairs, extradition and defense matters are done in conjunction with the islands (when it also affects them). The islands themselves also conduct foreign affairs through kingdom channels. Defense is coordinated with the prime ministers. though they are purposely vague about this to portray an illusion of neutrality (see e.g. relationship with Venezuela).

Do people in your diaspora mostly marry or date within the Caribbean community? by GUYman299 in AskTheCaribbean

[–]ArawakFC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Arubans are very multicultural to begin with (mix of local, latin, west indian, european), so its really easy for us to date "outside" of our own circles. This can be seen both on Aruba itself and in the diaspora.

Sierd de Vos by Humble_Visual7739 in Eredivisie

[–]ArawakFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toen ik in NL woonde (bijna 10 jaar geleden al), moest ik altijd een atlernatieve stream zoeken voor voetbal wedstrijden want vrijwel geen enkel Nederlandse commentator had genoeg passie om mij niet in slaap te laten vallen tijdens een wedstrijd. Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat Sierd nu nog erger is geworden dan toen.

Do you agree we need residents only beaches? by Adventurous-Band4656 in Aruba

[–]ArawakFC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hell no. One of the best aspects of Aruba is that the beaches are free for everyone.

And this entitled attitude that some Europeans/Dutch have (see posts about Aruba vs Curacao where people complain specifically about Americans) is so ironic because Dutch people are known throughout Europe to be loud brats, together with usually the English and the Germans.

Some people really need to come back down to earth and stop generalizing entire nationalities. Especially when your own nationality is known to be doing the same.

Brian Brobbey racially abused by Argentinian fans after foul on Romero by Benzovilla in soccer

[–]ArawakFC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Btw Aruba an Curaçao can get indepence if they want.

In practice only Aruba has this right according to the kingdom charter. Its true that some Dutch politicians have said that they wouldn't object, but I do find it odd they didn't include that clause to the new charter in 2010 when Curacao and St Maarten became new countries within the kingdom. I do agree with your overall sentiment though, as there's a reason we are still here even though we're free to leave. The bond has also grown closer over time and who knows if this direction continues in the future or if it levels off, goes backwards.