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====Post-war==== After the war, the economy of Bonaire continued to develop. The airport was converted to civilian use and the former internment camp was converted to become the first hotel on Bonaire.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.divibonaire.com/ | title = Divi Flamingo Beach Resort Bonaire | access-date = 19 February 2009 | archive-date = 1 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200601090944/https://divibonaire.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The Dutchman [[Pierre Schunck]] started a clothing factory known as [[Schunck's Kledingindustrie Bonaire]], a partial solution for the large female surplus on the island. In 1964, [[Trans World Radio]] began broadcasting from Bonaire. [[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] built two shortwave transmitters on Bonaire in 1969. The second major hotel (Bonaire Beach Hotel)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.geographia.com/bonaire/sunset/sunhot.htm | title = Bonaire Beach Hotel | access-date = 19 February 2009 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052216/http://www.geographia.com/bonaire/sunset/sunhot.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> was completed in 1962. Salt production resumed in 1966 when the salt pans were expanded and modernized by the Antilles International Salt Company, a subsidiary of the International Salt Company. Part of the facilities extend into the Caribbean Sea and form the popular dive site known as Salt Pier.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cargillsalt.com/ | title = Cargill Salt Company | access-date = 19 February 2009 | archive-date = 21 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090221043625/http://www.cargillsalt.com/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The Bonaire Petroleum Corporation (BOPEC) oil terminal was opened in 1975 for trans-shipping oil.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rocargo.com/Bopec.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070301191150/http://www.rocargo.com/Bopec.html | archive-date = 2007-03-01 | title = Bonaire Petroleum Company | access-date = 19 February 2009}}</ref> Politically Bonaire formed part of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] from 1954 to 2010; it is now a special municipality within the Netherlands.<ref name="WOLBES" /> In 2011 the island officially adopted the US dollar as its currency.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2010/05/18/introduction-of-the-dollar-on-bonaire-saint-eustace-saba |title=Introduction of the dollar on Bonaire, Saint Eustace, Saba |date=18 May 2010 |access-date=26 June 2019 |archive-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626202050/https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2010/05/18/introduction-of-the-dollar-on-bonaire-saint-eustace-saba |url-status=live }}</ref>
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