The island population is 25,000 with Dutch the official language. Tourism is the main industry with most people directly or indirectly involved in it. This is a major cruise ship stop pumping a lot of revenue into the island. Like many Carribean islands, it’s a love/ hate relationship. The islanders complain that the passengers eat on board ship and basically only buy t shirts and souvenirs in town . They do take tours and rent golf carts ( clogging traffic ) but are tolerated, not loved. There are typically two ships arriving each morning disgorging thousands of passengers for a few hours on the island. They depart early evening sailing all night to the next island to repeat the process. Main Street is jammed all day and a ghost town at night. The town is clean and prosperous looking.
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