Providenciales in the Caribbean

9 December 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Long Bay Beach © unsplash.com - Deanna Ritchie

Long Bay Beach © unsplash.com – Deanna Ritchie

Providenciales (known locally as Provo) is an island in the northwest Caicos Islands, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The island has an area of 98 km² (38 sq mi) and a 2012 Census population of 23,769. Providenciales is the largest island in population, the third largest in area, and is home to a large majority of the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Provo is the most tourist-oriented and developed of the Turks and Caicos Islands, boasting many resort hotels and an 18-hole golf course. The island has recently become popular with retirees from around the world, kindling a boom of residential development. Grace Bay has seen many luxury condos built on its shores.   read more…

The Turks and Caicos Islands

29 May 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Grand Turk southwestern beach © Jersyko

Grand Turk southwestern beach © Jersyko

The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.   read more…

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