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TCI Motoring Club and Govt announce early steps for organized motor racing
#Providenciales, June 11, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – Five cars from the Turks and Caicos Islands completing the Sol Rally Barbados is a big deal according to the team of drivers and supporters returning home last week. Now, that feat is driving the momentum to add even more drivers, more cars and more islanders enter to the sport of motor racing.
“We’ve got a lot of talent here, there is a lot of talent in TCI and we are going to teach that talent to do what we do and move forward in this country to have great drivers and great people doing this sport and other motor sports events.” Said Paul Horton, who this year competed in his 10th rally.
Horton explained that talks are already on with the TCI Department of Sports about expanding the membership of the TCI Motoring Club to the youth.
“It is a great thing for the islands. Motorsports is a great learning curve for everything and we need to promote it, government needs to promote it and help us get to where we need to get and be like Barbados and all the other Caribbean islands that promote motorsports throughout the islands. Just like Trinidad and Tobago do, just like Barbados does, just like Jamaica does. We are just the same.”
Amidst the crush of fans and media welcoming TeamTCI back home last Tuesday June 4, were two representatives from the Department of Sports. Director Jarrett Forbes and Sports Officer, Alvin Parker.
“We are definitely very excited about this accomplishment of the Motor Sports Club and we met with Paul a couple of months ago about starting the association, so it is fitting that you guys brought the trophy back home. So now we have to expedite those discussions,” said Jarrett Forbes in congratulating the group and confirming that promotion of the sport is endorsed at the government level.
“Just like any other sport, there is a tremendous opportunity so definitely we are really excited about the progress this group is making and we are looking forward to the big things for motor sports in the Turks and Caicos Islands.”
Turks and Caicos won six prizes at the 30th Sol Rally Barbados held May 31-June 2, 2019.
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Almost two million visitors recorded in 2025
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – The Turks and Caicos Islands saw an increase in stayover arrivals in December, seven percent higher than the corresponding period in 2024.
Preliminary data suggests that stay over arrivals by air for the month of December was 66,427 in comparison to 62,610 in December 2024.
From January to December 2025, preliminary visitor arrival numbers totalled 640,754; on par with the number recorded for the same period of 2024.
Stay Over Arrivals YTD December 2024/2025
The first quarter of the calendar year attracted the largest number of arrivals with visitor arrivals three percent higher than the first quarter of 2024. Reduced airlift from the United Kingdom and the United States, most notably the Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue services, was however felt from the second quarter (April to June). As a result, visitor arrivals dropped three percent in the second quarter.
By the third quarter of this year (July to September), geopolitical and economic conditions in the key source markets, namely the United States, led to further contraction of arrivals. In the last quarter of 2025, arrivals were impacted in October due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa but additional airlift from the USA and Canada resulted in an increase in arrivals in November and December.
Mr. Paul Pennicook, Interim CEO Consultant of Experience Turks and Caicos, said December’s increase in stayover arrivals is an encouraging indicator of the sustained interest in the Turks and Caicos Islands as a premier destination.
“While we note and continue to monitor geopolitical shifts that affect us, Experience Turks and Caicos is focused on increasing marketing initiatives in our primary source markets. We have spent the last two years investing in groundwork such as crucial travel advisor training to assist them in selling the destination more effectively. In the next fiscal, we will be building on those initiatives with co-op activities with partners as well as out of home advertising to increase visitation to our destination,” he said.
In Cruise, the preliminary count of passenger arrivals for the month of December 2025 was 129,346, a 22 percent increase over last December. This growth follows the berthing of 11 additional ships in Grand Turk this month.
From January to December, the cruise sector continued to outperform the same period last year, as the 1.3 million total cruise passengers recorded, marks a five percent Year-on-Year increase. 
The cruise sector experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, with passenger arrivals surpassing last quarter by 53 percent. In the second and third quarter however, several cruise lines adjusted their itineraries as vessels were pulled from the fleet or from the Caribbean region, which resulted in fewer passengers.
Arrivals dropped seven percent and 10 percent in the second and third quarters, respectively. Double digit growth was recorded in the last two months of Quarter 4. This growth however, was not sufficient to outweigh the drop in arrivals experienced in October, following the cancellation of cruise calls due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Despite the late-quarter rebound, arrivals for the final quarter of 2025 closed six percent below the same period in 2024.
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Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 11 February 2026: The Informal Settlements Unit (ISU) coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation on Thursday, 29 January 2026, led by the Planning Department, with support from the Crown Land
Unit, the Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force, and security provided by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The operation, carried out at three different locations in Providenciales, formed part of ongoing government efforts to address unauthorised development and illegal occupation of land in accordance with governing legislation.
The operation commenced in Blue Hills, where five Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on unauthorised structures identified on Block and Parcel 60502/48.
Enforcement activity then moved to a second location off the Leeward Highway near Caicos Lodge, where six Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on additional unauthorised structures on Block and Parcel 60802/66.
The final phase of the operation took place in The Bight, where three unauthorised structures were removed, with all debris cleared from the site in keeping with established safety and environmental protocols.
The Informal Settlements Unit remains committed to working alongside its partner agencies to support lawful development, protect public and private land, and ensure that planning regulations are enforced in a coordinated and transparent manner across the Turks and Caicos Islands. Similar joint operations will continue as part of the Government’s wider strategy to address unauthorised development and informal settlement activity.
