Turks & Caicos Islands
The Turks & Caicos Islands, physical features is made up mostly from each individual Island. However, its most distinct feature and physical property would be the beautiful white sandy beaches and its’ crystal clear turquoise water that separates the Islands by short distance.
In addition to having beautiful beaches surrounding these few inhabitant Islands, they also have festivals, sport tournaments, seafood drives etc.
For example, Providenciales which is the most developed, and most popular of the Turks Islands has a number of events that takes place each year, which encourages the number one industry “Tourism” to developed even more rapidly. Some of the events or physical features that takes place in Providenciales is the “Provo Summer Festival” which is considered to be the largest of them all, taking place around the end of July each year for a period of one week of different events for each day. At the end of the week it will end with a beauty pageant and the winner gets to go to Miss Universe to represent the Turks and Caicos Island.
In Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos which is the capital, their biggest physical feature would be the carnival cruise line which comes in on a weekly base. This has become a big promotion to the population of Grant Turk within the last couple of years. Tourist and Natives usually take advantage of this mostly during the summer months. This cruise only goes from Grand Turk to the other Caribbean Islands throughout the world. Grand Turk is also known for its diverse Caribbean food day, where there are people from other Caribbean countries come in with their native dish to sell and tell of how it was produced.
South Caicos is another of the nicer Islands. Its physical features and natural resources come from most of their beautiful coral reefs. It is known for the best boat race festival better known as “Regatta”. This is a big event that also takes place every year around Easter time. There will be a boat from each Island participating in a race on best quality, fastest, most creative, and different contest as such. There will be about seven to ten judges and the people in the crowd will be betting on a particular boat of their choice, and whoever wins will be given a gift, maybe a cash prize or a travel get a way trip around the world.
North Caicos, has a festival in the summer months as well which is better known as “Festa rama”. This is also a major event that takes place during the years that encourage thousands of people into the islands of North Caicos. They usually have three to four days of events, including bike a tons, music fest, beauty pageants, and street parades. North Caicos, Natural resources is very distinct among the other Islands. It is native farming. This is the only Islands in the Turks & Caicos Islands that actually continues to farm certain foods. For instant, pumpkins, okra, cabbage, potatoes, yams etc.
Middle Caicos has one of the smaller and most unique physical features with in the Turks & Caicos Islands. In addition, to having some of softest sand and beautiful beaches, it also has one of the best historical sites, “The Cave” which pulls along the natives and tourist to visiting middle caicos more than once or twice a year. This is one of its mean attraction sites’ that people look forward to visiting.
On the other hand, the other islands and cays are mealy surrounded by just beaches and land mass of bush or trees. The Turks and Caicos Islands primary natural resource is fishing. Every year tourist comes to Turks Islands to dive into its beautiful ocean and snorkel throughout its sandy shores. In the month of August is when it mostly has its primary natural resource (fishing) displayed and populated throughout the world for tourist enjoyment.
Fishing as its primary number one natural resource, has affect the Turks and Caicos Islands in a good way. It has promoted the populations within the Islands, and encourages a massive increase in its number one industry, which is tourism.
In the Turks & Caicos Island there is a population growth rate of about 2.722% since 2007 as estimated. In addition to this population growth rate, we also have high birth rate and low death rate within the previous year. About 90% of its ethnic group is black and the other 10% is mixed between Europeans and North Americans.
There are many religions in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Some of which are Baptist, Anglican, Methodist, church of god, and seventh day Adventist; with Baptist having the largest percentage of them all. I believe the reason why Baptist is the largest of the denominations is because they have the largest and most modern facility on the Islands.
In conclusion, the Turks & Caicos Islands number one industry is tourism. It is economically depended upon offshore financial services, and fishing. However, most of its capital goods and food for domestic consumption is imported.
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