Bermuda snapshots, introduction, tourist attractions, and photographs

Bermuda is situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 650 miles east off the coast of North Carolina State of the United States. It has land area about 58.8 square kilometers, about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC.

Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for Virginia. Tourism to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Bermuda has developed into highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence was defeated in 1995 and Bermuda is now still a British Crown colony.

Bermuda has 64,935 (2004 estimate) population, including 58% black, 36% white, 6% other. English is the official language in Bermuda.

Bermuda enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, having successfully exploited its location by providing financial services for international firms and luxury tourist facilities for 360,000 visitors annually. The tourist industry, which accounts for an estimated 28% of GDP, attracts 84% of its business from North America.

With its picturesque setting and only a few hours by air from Northeast America's major cities, Bermuda is a perfect destination for North Americans for a weekend getaway.

Bermuda offers visitors pink sand beaches along the South Shore, historic St. George, museums and craft shops, seven golf courses with turquoise ocean view, 100 tennis courts, 400 shipwrecks, and colorful reefs for scuba diving.

With distinctive British tradition, leisure and sophisticated lifestyle, Bermuda is and continuously will be an attractive travel destination of the world.