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"Medical Tourism in the Caribbean". caribjournal.com. 2014-11-23 "Turks and Caicos: Caribbean island takes next step into developing medical tourism". International Medical Travel Journal. 2014-03-05; Jamaica Kincaid (2000). A Small Place. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0374527075.
The company acquired Letšeng diamond mine in 2006, and has since found five of the 20 largest known white gem quality diamonds, elevating the mine to the highest dollar-per-carat kimberlite diamond operation in the world. [4] The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2007. [5]
The great majority are cruise ship visitors who spend limited time and money on the island. Revenues from tourism reached US$49 million in 1999. Compared to many other Caribbean islands, Dominica's tourism industry may be considered to be underdeveloped (65,000 visitors per year). It does not have any world-famous chains of hotels.
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.
By international standards, minerals most valuable on the international market are found in Cuba, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.Several nations of the Caribbean are rich in natural resources; including Trinidad's vast natural gas and oil reserves, Jamaican bauxite and most recently the discovery of a large oil field in Guyana.
Common Caribbean birds like the bananaquit are found on the island, as is the ubiquitous blackbird. A 2006 book on the fauna of Mustique , a neighboring island, is a notable reference. [ 7 ] The Union Island gecko , discovered in 2005 [ 8 ] is endemic to the island and is currently listed as critically endangered by the International Union for ...
Bequia (/ ˈ b ɛ k w iː / BEK-wee or / ˈ b ɛ k w eɪ / BEK-way) is the largest island in the Grenadines at 7 square miles (18 km 2).It is part of the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and is approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the nation's capital, Kingstown, on the main island, Saint Vincent.