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Aruba, where happiness lives, is truly a vacationer's paradise. The island is ideally situated outside the hurricane belt and boasts year-round cooling trade winds and perfect weather, with average annual temperatures of 82 Fahrenheit and less than 20 inches of rainfall per year.

Aruba serves up 27 luxurious hotels/resorts, championship golf courses, sumptuous spas, vibrant casinos, extraordinary international cuisine, lovely shops and boutiques, exciting land and water activities, cultural to-dos, world-famous music festivals and events and more.

The island is continually awarded accolades, including Friendliest People for the second year by Caribbean Travel & Life magazine. Palm Beach was ranked as the number eight World's Best Beach by the Travel Channel, and five of Aruba's resorts made this year's Condé Nast Travelers Gold or Reserve Lists.

The backdrop of a pristine tropical escape coupled with the unforgettable hospitality of the island's people keep Aruba's guests delighted and its repeat visitor rate at 40 percent, the highest of any Caribbean destination.