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The Palm Beach Aruba article is very outdated. For one, The Radison Hotel is no linger on Palm Beach. I want to add a section about the history of the beach. I also need to take out some redundant statements.

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Palm Beach is known for its white sand and calm waters, which tourist often take advantage of by using water sport concessions, snorkeling and diving. Various time-share ownership and full-time ownership condos have been and are being built in the area.Together with neighbouring Eagle Beach to the south, the beach placed seventh on TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2013 list of best beaches in the world. Palm Beach is a tourism district about 6 kilometers northwest of Oranjestad, the capital of Aruba. A number of high rise hotels are located there, such as Hyatt_Regency_Aruba_Resort_&_Casino, Aruba_Marriott_Resort, Occidental Grand Aruba, Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, Ritz Carlton Resort, and RIU palace Aruba. A shopping district adjacent to the hotels was finished in 2009, called Palm Beach Plaza Mall.

History

The fist people to ever live on the beach were Caquetios Indians from the Arawak tribe in 100 A.D. Later, in 1499, Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda discovered the island and created a small garrison. The Dutch took over the island soon after and it had remained in Dutch power from then on with a short interruption of English rule in 1805 during the Napoleonic wars.

It was not until 1947 that Palm Beaches first tourist office opened. The fist hotel opened in the fifties, actually a competition was held to find the best design for the hotel. The winner's name was Ernst Bartels and his idea was called the`Basiroeti’. The hotel would end up being called Hotel Basi-Ruti. Hotel Basi-Ruti was not a high-rise, bungalows on the bare sand comprised the new hotel. Today it is a high-rise and is property of the Riu resort.