{"id":5864,"date":"2020-07-18T09:47:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T09:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wintersunexpert.com\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2022-01-30T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T12:41:57","slug":"spending-your-winter-in-turks-and-caicos-is-turks-and-caicos-a-good-snowbird-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wintersunexpert.com\/spending-your-winter-in-turks-and-caicos-is-turks-and-caicos-a-good-snowbird-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend Your Fall, Winter, or Spring in Turks And Caicos: Is Turks and Caicos A Good Snowbird Location?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Snowbirds looking for something different by visiting the archipelagos between the northern West Indies and the Atlantic Ocean can make a stop at the beautiful tropical islands of Turks and Caicos. These 40+ islands consist of a combination of the large Caicos and smaller Turks Islands.\u00a0 The islands are an autonomous British overseas territory since receiving their own governor in 1973 and they are a major tourist center in addition to being an offshore financial center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of the island's people live in the city of Providenciales on Caicos islands while the capital- Cockburn Town is located on Grand Turk Island. The records of Europeans first sighting of these stunning islands was in 1512 but before then it was inhabited by the Taino people of Amerindian descent. After the island was discovered by the Spanish, the natives were used as slaves in neighboring plantations and they gradually died out. Soon the islands were being used as a hideout for pirates and buccaneers, after they were successfully done away with, the island's viability as a major salt export location started to be exploited by the European settlers. Today, the island has a rich culture and historical influence, and luxury tourism has become one of its major exports thanks to the amazing scenery and weather the islands enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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