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Just twenty years ago, the Turks and Caicos Islands were one of the quietest and least-known destinations in
the West Indies. Today, on the back of classy development on Providenciales, and great beaches and diving on
all of the islands, they have become one of the most fashionable places to visit in the region.
The country comprises two groups of islands - eight inhabited and around forty uninhabited - separated by the
Columbus Passage, a deep-water channel 22 miles wide and up to 6000 feet deep. To the east, the Turks Islands
include Grand Turk and Salt Cay , the former the long-time home to government, the latter a tiny island named for
the salt industry that once dominated the country. To the west, the chain of Caicos Islands includes inhabited South,
Middle and North Caicos - each with its own charms - and the fast-growing island of Providenciales , known as Provo
and home to the great majority of the nation's tourist development.
The major attractions on all of the islands are concentrated along their coasts: truly sensational white-sand beaches
that stretch for miles, and world-class diving, snorkelling and deep-sea fishing and bonefishing. Inland, there's not
much to see other than low-lying scrubby vegetation and, particularly in the Turks Islands, large expanses of featureless
salinas, from which Bermudian settlers and traders harvested salt during the islands' early development
Read the full travel guide about travelling to the Turks and Caicos Islands here
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