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Common English country name: The Turks and Caicos Islands; Official English country name: Turks and Caicos Islands [2] Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): None; Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of the Turks and Caicos Islands; ISO country codes: TC, TCA, 796; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:TC; Internet country code top-level ...
Tourism in the Turks and Caicos Islands is an industry that generates more than 1 million tourist arrivals per year, [1] and is "the main source of revenue for the country. The tourism industry began in the 1980s, with the opening of Club Med Turquoise, the country's first main resort."
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; [7] / ˈ t ɜːr k s / and / ˈ k eɪ k ə s,-k oʊ s,-k ɒ s /) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. [8]
Dellis Cay [1] is a 560-acre (2.3 km 2) private island located in the Turks and Caicos Islands [2] archipelago. This island sits south of Parrot Cay and north of Pine Cay and can be easily noted in the chain of Caicos Islands. [3] Dellis Cay is located a few miles from Providenciales and is accessible by a 20-minute boat ride. The island got ...
Salt Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands is in the middle of the humpback whales' annual migratory route to the Silver Banks, a humpback mating and nursery area, north of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Sea. It is a 75-square-mile (190 km 2) shallow coral reef area, an underwater plateau of limestone. It is believed that the whales choose ...
The seat of government ever since 1766, Cockburn Town was the first permanent settlement on any of the islands, founded in 1681 by salt collectors who arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The city supposedly lies on the place where Juan Ponce de León first landed on the island. It is named for Francis Cockburn, former Governor of the Bahamas.
Turks and Caicos Islands Big and Little Ambergris Cay. This is a list of islands of the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are about 75 islands and land-tied islands in the Turks and Caicos Islands, including the following islands: [1]
Visit Turks and Caicos Islands is an organization tasked with promoting tourism in the Turks and Caicos Islands. [1] Tourism is the main driver of the national economy [ 2 ] in the islands, accounting for 42.8% of the national GDP in 2013.