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The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Bahamas is approximately $5.7 billion with tourism accounting for 50%, financial services nearly 20% and the balance spread among retail and wholesale trade, fishing, light manufacturing and agriculture. [9]
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In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and finance. [1] Tourism alone provides an estimated 45% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs about half the Bahamian workforce.
Great Inagua is the second largest island in the Bahamas at 596 sq mi (1544 km 2) and lies about 55 miles (89 kilometres) from the eastern tip of Cuba.The island is about 55 by 19 mi (89 by 31 km) in extent and mostly flat with some sand hills, the highest points being East Hill at 132 ft (40 m), Salt Pond Hill at 102 ft (31 m), and James Hill at 90 ft (27 m). [4]
The Berry Islands are a chain of islands and a district of the Bahamas, covering about thirty square miles (78 km 2) of the northwestern part of the Out Islands. The Berry Islands consist of about thirty islands and over one hundred small islands or cays , often referred to as "The Fish Bowl of the Bahamas."
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Coopers Town is a village in Abaco, the second largest island of the Bahamas. It has a population of 676, per the 2010 census. [1] The town is the northernmost of the island's main centres of population. It was settled in the 1870s by the Albert Bootle family from Grand Bahama.