The Caribbean consists of more than 7,000 islands, islets, reefs and cays and stretches in a long arc from Venezuela in the south to Cuba just below Florida. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and North America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America.
Famous nowadays for being the most popular cruise destination in the world; the Caribbean region is home to the largest fleet of cruise ships to be found anywhere. The main departure cruise ports are Florida, Puerto Rico and Barbados and the most popular cruise port destination is Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas with more cruise ships stopping here than anywhere else in the Caribbean Antilles.
Island countries of the Caribbean includes: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, this includes half of Saint Martin, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States Virgin Islands.