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In 2022, Aruba registered around *** million overnight visitor arrivals – recovering by ** percent from the hit of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The largest number of visitors to the Caribbean constituent country of the Netherlands usually stay for at least one night.

The role of tourism on Aruba’s economy

By the end of the 2010s, the internal consumption of travel and tourism of Aruba, which includes the expenditures and revenues as well as the government spending on this sector, surpassed the two billion U.S. dollars mark. With it, the small Caribbean island has become the most tourism-dependent economy in the region, with this sector accounting directly and indirectly for more than ** percent of Aruba’s GDP in 2019.

Where do Aruba’s international tourists come from?

Due to its closeness to the United States, Aruba, like several other Caribbean islands, has become an attractive destination for U.S. travelers. Throughout most of the past decade, more than ** percent of foreign visitors in Aruba were from the North American country. In contrast, the influx of Venezuelan nationals arriving in Aruba —once the second-largest tourist group on the island— experienced significant declines since the mid-2010s. Meanwhile, Dutch visitors constitute just around **** percent of Aruba’s international tourism volume.