VACATION CASE

Vacation Case: The Bahamas

Vacation Case: The Bahamas

Introduction

The Bahamas, though often bracketed with Caribbean countries, actually lies northeast of Cuba in the western Atlantic. The archipelago has 700 islands and 2400 cays: around 30 are inhabited. Long established as a tourist resort, the Bahamas today is also a major offshore financial centre. It has one of the world's largest open-registry fleets; only a tiny fraction is owned by Bahamian nationals.

Discussion

Bahamas tiny state located in the West Indies, and consists of 30 large and hundreds of small islands composed of coral limestone. The natural beauty of the Bahamas, their relative isolation, lush ...