Towering resorts, a Martian interior and year-round sun.

This parched speck of an island off the coast of Venezuela has guaranteed sunshine and is blessed with beaches that make you say 'ahhh'. Tourism is the big business here and it's served in a double scoop of Latin coastal coasters and sun bunnies from North America and Holland.

Although large-scale tourism dominates the island (read: luxury resorts from here to sunset), there are still undeveloped areas on the exposed northern coast, and much of the interior is inhabited by nothing more than goats and contorted divi-divi trees.

Fast Facts

Country Full Name

Aruba

Population

68,675

Currency

Name: Aruban Guilder
Code: AWG
Symbol: Af

Electrical Plugs

European plug with two circular metal pins American-style plug with two parallel flat blades above a circular grounding pin Japanese-style plug with two parallel flat blades
127V 60Hz

Languages Spoken

Official: Dutch

Time Zones

GMT/UTC -4 

Country Dialing Code

+297

Weights & Measures

Imperial

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