Visiting Aruba, Belize and Puerto Rico

Aruba, Belize, and Puerto Rico are prime destinations for people heading for the Caribbean. With their year-long sunny weather, their unique cultures, and their well-developed facilities catering to everything from business to tourism, they are magnets for visitors and travelers seeking anything from relaxation and enjoyment to new business opportunities in a more permissive clime.

Aruba, a member of the Commonwealth of the Netherlands along with the Netherlands Antilles, lies just off the coast of Venezuela. Having a dry climate means that the country never developed a plantation-based economy. Now this peaceful island depends mainly on tourism as well as oil and offshore banking. It is a prosperous entity with low crime, poverty and unemployment rates and ranks as a place where people enjoy the highest standards of living in the region. Moderated by trade winds coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, Aruba Weather, like Cancun Weather, is of the tropical marine kind; temperatures vary little from the average 28°C. It experiences little precipitation.

An independent nation since 1981, Belize was known as the British Honduras until 1973. First settled in by the Maya Indians, who left behind relics of their civilization which still affect Belize's people and culture today, this nation's economy historically relied on logging instead of cash crops like sugar cane. Today Belize relies mainly on plantation-style agriculture of citrus, bananas and sugarcane, the manufacture of agricultural products, and its services and tourism sector. Its weather, like Jamaica Weather, is influenced by hurricanes; it is warm and humid for most of the year.

Puerto Rico, a territory of the U.S. in the region, has a unique blend of Spanish, Indian, and African and American heritage. Its unique connection to the U.S. has facilitated the development of its manufacturing and tourism industries. The Puerto Rican climate is generally stable all year round.

The Turks and Caicos, a British Overseas Territory of two island groups to the southeast of the Bahamas, are also a draw to the area. Their climate is sunny and dry, with slight temperature variations from November to May. Accommodations here tend to be on the expensive side, unlike Barbados Hotels, and not many of them exist, as in the case of Dominican Republic Hotels.