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The Sims 3: Island Paradise is the tenth expansion pack for The Sims 3. It was announced during a January 2013 "Live Chat with The Sims 3" event, and was released on June 25, 2013.

Island Paradise introduced several new features to The Sims series for the first time, including boating, diving, and resort ownership. Diver Sims may encounter sharks or mermaids, all while finding valuable sunken treasures. Sims can own and drive boats around open water, and can discover unexplored islands which can then be claimed by the Sim. Sims can start and manage their own resorts, and work towards increasing the resort quality and its profitability.

A new world, Isla Paradiso, was introduced with the pack, and it showcases the new features in the pack. Unlike the sub-neighborhoods introduced in The Sims: Vacation/On Holiday, The Sims 2: Bon Voyage or The Sims 3: World Adventures, Isla Paradiso is a full neighborhood. Sims from other neighborhoods cannot visit Isla Paradiso as tourists, though they can relocate there (as of Patch 55).