Turks and Caicos Islands Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
British overseas territory in the Caribbean
About Turks and Caicos Islands
The islands form a British Overseas Territory and have rapidly gained popularity as a beach destination. There are roughly 30,000 inhabitants on the islands and they welcome about 450,000 arrivals by air and 650,000 cruise ship passengers each year. The archipelago consists of two island groups, the Turks islands and the Caicos islands, of which Grand Turk and Providenciales are the two main islands. Daylight savings time is observed and they are in the Eastern Time Zone. These islands are in the Atlantic Ocean and not the Caribbean Sea, although they are included in the Caribbean region. The nearest other islands are the southern parts of theBahamas, about 100 km east and northwest.Haitiis a similar distance due south. At considerably longer distances,Cubais southwest andFloridanorthwest
Turks and Caicos Islands Travel Guide Sections
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