Oh! My Sweet Bahamaland🇧🇸🌴
What is The Bahamas known for?
Satellite image of The Bahama Islands
700 islands and 2,400 cays (i.e., coral reefs), mostly nice weather, except for a few hurricanes every other year. The Bahamas is a tourist's wet dream, palm-fringed tropical islands surrounded by turquoise waters. Some of the islands even offer pink sand beaches. After 325 years of "peaceful" British rule, the Bahamas became an independent country within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1973. For several years in the 18-century, the Republic of Pirates was the stronghold of a loose confederacy led by privateers turned pirates in Nassau on New Providence Island. According to legend, the Pirates of the Caribbean used the place for binge drinking and other entertainments. This has not changed much to this day. Today, the Bahamas have become one of the world's foremost summer vacation resorts; the archipelago attracts more than five times its population in tourists each year. Very popular with tourists are the large all-inclusive-adults-only resorts. Unlimited food, cocktails and more. Girls from many foreign countries offer their services. Cruise ships, the islands are easily accessible by these Polluters of the Seas; they come from Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Port Canaveral near Orlando, Florida, many of those are registered in the Bahamas. The country has one of the world's largest open-registry shipping fleets. Tourism, international banking (offshore finance), and investment management account for more than 55% of the country's gross domestic product. The Bahamas is widely popular as a tax haven since the 1990s.
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