ARUBA SCORES A MERE 54 FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVEL

The National Geographic Traveler Website questions, "Development, pollution, globalization, mass tourism—are the world's great places still...great? Traveler introduces a new way to see how well your destination is coping with the 21st century."

The Caribbean section is appropriately entitled, "GETTING UGLY"

The Caribbean

Aruba
Score: 54

• "Social/cultural integrity is questionable."
  

• "Inappropriate coastal development and misuse of the scarce water resources are the largest challenges to sustainability."
  

Read entire scorecard here