World’s Best Beach At Your Doorstep

Grace Bay Beach Amazing Experience for All Ages

The last year has been a stellar one for both Grace Bay Beach and the island of Providenciales. The Turks and Caicos Islands outperformed the Caribbean region for stop-over arrivals by a landslide, with the runners up – Cayman Islands and Dominican Republic – trailing far behind with increases of 10.8% and 9.6%.

Looking back at visitor arrivals to the Turks and Caicos Islands, 2013 brought almost 1.1 million visitors onto the pristine talcum powder shores, and that number leaped to over 1.4 million visitors in 2014.

According to the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourism Statistics report for December 31, 2014, over 435,000 visitors came through Providenciales International Airport in 2014, an average of 36,000 visitors per month, and a record-breaking 49.9% increase over the previous year. The remainder came via cruise ship as Grand Turk is a port of call for many Caribbean cruises.

What’s Driving Turks and Caicos Tourism?

For starters, it appears that the lion’s share – over 80% or 351,623 visitors – of stop-over arrivals to the Turks and Caicos are coming from the US; that’s almost 52% over the previous year.

And those Canadians, just dying to escape the frigid weather for the tropical climes of Providenciales ratcheted up their arrivals by a staggering 49%. European traffic also grew by the same amount.

Visitors are finding Provo immensely accessible as airlines are offering more frequent service. Flight durations from northeastern United States are typically less than 3.5 hours, enough time to have a glass of bubbly and catch up on some reading. It couldn’t be more civilized!

But surely improved airline accessibility can’t take all the credit for that growth. What about those repeat guests? Those who have sampled Provo, swam on her staggeringly beautiful beaches, dined at her impossibly refined restaurants, and yielded to her warm embrace both comforting and rejuvenating.

Provo with her captivating charms plies both the movie star jet setters, and the bleary eyed parents of toddlers, by offering much more than a postcard beach vacation.

Vacationing on Providenciales

When your claim to fame rests on the sublime and tranquil shores of world renowed Grace Bay Beach, you most certainly can extract plenty of goodwill from visitors. Once again the recipient of the Travelers’ Choice Award as #2 on the World’s Best Beach list for 2015, Grace Bay Beach defies description. Who doesn’t enjoy ultra soft white sand, calm turquoise waters and views that are simply incomparable? However, Grace Bay Beach is just one wonderful aspect about a vacation on Provo.

Recently Provo took top honors as the 2015 Travelers’ Choice Best Island in the World. Accolades include its natural beauty, thriving reef system, historical and cultural sites, built up infrastructure, newly renovated airport and a strong focus on creating a wonderful and genuine experience for visitors.

Visitors to Provo also have a virtually inexhaustible choice of dining experiences to select from: exotic Asian flavors, fusion creations, upscale Caribbean, beachfront al fresco, and standby family favorites. The restaurants on Provo participate in annual expositions, competitions and culinary events bringing cosmopolitan freshness and spirit, along with great likeability to Providenciales’ culinary scene.

Local sightseeing and excursion operators make even the most remote areas of the Turks and Caicos Islands accessible and adventure-filled. From snorkeling excursions around Pine Cay, barrier reef and wall dives, picnics on unihabited islands, visits to islands which served as historical trading posts, shelling on Middle Caicos beaches, kayaking among the mangroves and so much more. There exists an understated and powerful beauty about the islands.

There’s So Much More…

Learning how to relax is an art. Really! Abandoning your day-to-day concerns to focus on the reality in front of you can take some time. Fortunately, the hospitality and tourism industry on Providenciales makes this process much easier.

At Villa del Mar, guests enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast, and award winning beach service on Grace Bay Beach. Additionally, the fully equipped studio, one, two and three bedroom condominiums are designed to serve as both a romantic couples retreat or a destination for a long overdue family reunion. Using the facilities at Villa del Mar as your launch pad, all the marvels of Provo are at your fingertips and Grace Bay Beach just at your doorstep!