Ecuador

We are trying to decide where to go for Christmas. Europe is out as it will be too cold there, and after this year's SF summer we feel need to warm up a bit. India is out as the flight prices in December/January are just way too high. So we started checking other options and so far the most promising candidates are Costa Rica, Peru and Ecuador.

Initially Peru was leading the race, but as of today, I start to favor Ecuador due to two facts:

1. Official currency of Ecuador is the US dollar!
2. No matter what is your nationality, you do not need visa to go there! (Por expresa disposición del Señor Presidente Constitucional de la República, a partir del día viernes 20 de junio de 2008, los ciudadanos de cualquier nacionalidad podrán ingresar al Ecuador, sin necesidad de visa, y permanecer por un período de noventa días, en aplicación del principio de libre circulación de personas y con el fin de fortalecer las relaciones entre el Ecuador y todos los países del mundo, y promover el turismo)

A country with such open tourism policy definitely deserves to be visited.