The Bahamas enjoys an ideal location at the crossroads of the Americas. It consists of a string of 700 islands and cays extending across an area of about 80,000 square miles in the Atlantic Ocean. The northernmost island, Grand Bahama, lies only 50 miles from the coast of Florida and the coral archipelago stretches south to the doorstep of the Caribbean Sea. This location offers easy access to the huge consumer markets of North, Central and South America, some 725 million strong.

The capital city of Nassau is on the island of New Providence. Freeport, the second largest city, is situated on Grand Bahama. Islands in the archipelago other than New Providence and Grand Bahama are known as the Family Islands.

Lagoons dig into the jagged, rocky coastline of The Bahamas and provide much of the beauty that attracts millions of visitors every year. Such ocean coastlines contrast with the white and pink powdery sand beaches for which The Bahamas is world renowned. Located along the Tropic of Cancer, it is washed by warm waters from the Gulf Stream and cooled by southerly trade winds. Often called The Isles of June, here is one of the finest tropical climates in the world.