St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Saint Thomas is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, one of the three largest of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Location: US Virgin Islands
Date Posted: 03/28/2023
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In 1917, Saint Thomas was purchased to Denmark (along with Saint Croix and Saint John) by the United States for $25 million in gold as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War.
Together with Saint John, Saint Thomas forms one of the districts of the USVI. The territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie is located on the island.
The post-war era saw the rise of tourism on the island. With relatively cheap air travel and the American embargo on Cuba, the numbers of visitors greatly increased. Despite natural disasters such as Hurricane Hugo (1989), Hurricanes Luis and Marilyn (1995), and Hurricanes Irma and Maria (2017) the island's infrastructure continues to improve as the flow of visitors continues. Hotels have been built from the West End to the East End, and in recent years, Saint Thomas has become a busy cruise ship port and vacation venue.
Points of interest:
Blackbeard's Castle
Buck Island National Wildlife Refuge
Cathedral Church of All Saints
Coral World Ocean Park
Fort Christian, a Dano-Norwegian-built fort in Charlotte Amalie
Magens Bay, the most popular tourist destinations on the island
Magens Bay Arboretum
Red Hook
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
St. Thomas Synagogue
Source: Wikipedia (
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