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Barbados
  • Resident population: 284,589 Annual visitors: 575,000 (est.)
  • Major features: beaches, water sports, duty-free shopping
  • 12,721 TripAdvisor reviews of 552 accommodations, 147 attractions and 97 restaurants
A warm, friendly welcome awaits on this Caribbean island. You can relax in the sun or surf, swim and snorkel on one of the abundant white-sand beaches.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • Resident population: 183,126 (est.)
  • Major features: beaches, nightlife, boating, shopping
  • 13,785 TripAdvisor reviews of 214 accommodations, 90 attractions and 603 restaurants
This canal-laced city is a far cry from its spring break party image of the past. Following renovation and renewal, upscale stores and restaurants have replaced fast-food stands and T-shirt shops.
Tuscany, Italy
  • Resident population: 3,677,048 Annual visitors: 12,000,000 (est.)
  • Major features: Florence, wineries, art, cooking classes, cathedrals, countryside tours, beaches
  • 84,385 TripAdvisor reviews of 8,003 accommodations, 528 attractions and 1,586 restaurants
One of the most popular regions in Italy, Tuscany stretches from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Apennines. Its main cities include Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, Arezzo and Livorno.
Montreal, Canada
  • Resident population: 1,620,693 Annual visitors: 679,000 (est.)
  • Major features: churches, professional sports, Underground City
  • 19,869 TripAdvisor reviews of 360 accommodations, 275 attractions and 1,945 restaurants
The "joie de vivre" is palpable and contagious in this vibrant, culturally diverse and cosmopolitan city of two million inhabitants.
Phuket, Thailand
  • Resident population: 320,000 Annual visitors: 5,000,000 (est.)
  • Major features: beaches, water sports, golf courses, nightlife, temples
  • 16,105 TripAdvisor reviews of 753 accommodations, 88 attractions and 164 restaurants
Phuket offers a rainbow spectrum of spectacular vacation sights from blue lagoons and pink sunsets to orange-robed monks.