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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Aruba in AI travel recommendations

country · overall rank 52 of 233 · rank 32 among country destinations

AI models put Aruba in their top 10 recommendations in 5.4% of answers, rank 52 overall. It does best when the question specifies transport as at most two connections: 29.0%, +23.6 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores +0.7 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Aruba in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude6.0%
ChatGPT6.2%
Gemini4.4%
Grok5.2%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 55.6%
Claude Sonnet 53.2%
Claude Haiku 4.59.1%
GPT-5.6 Terra7.1%
GPT-5.6 Luna5.2%
Gemini 3.8 Flash4.4%
Grok 4.65.2%

Web search and effort

Aruba · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Aruba with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off5.8%5.1%
Normal vs lowest effort5.2%5.7%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
At most two connectionsNonstop, 6–8 hoursRoad tripRequires a flight
Change+23.6+1.6−4.2−4.5

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Low RainWarm WeatherMild Weather
Change+22.2+14.1−2.1

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
ExoticRelaxationAdventureCultural
Change+12.7+9.2+3.8−5.0

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FamilySoloCouple
Change+9.6+5.0−1.0

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WinterSummerFallSpring
Change+8.6+5.7−3.6−4.7

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
WeekendTwo weeksOne week
Change+5.2+2.5−2.6

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?
Change+0.7

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Aruba124
Oranjestad10
Aruba (Oranjestad)1
Palm Beach1

Aruba

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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