[4] The island hosts an Annual South Caicos Regatta, a large celebration that features parties, boat races, and other games.

The Lucayans disappeared roughly 30 years after his arrival, leaving the island sparsely populated and the salt industry booming.

[citation needed] Until a fungus outbreak killed them off, sea-sponge farming briefly flourished on the island during the 1930s.

In 1959 the U.S. returned to South Caicos when the Coast Guard constructed a LORAN (low-frequency radio signal navigation) station on the island.

Today its main industry is small-scale fishing focused on conch and spiny lobster exports.

A variety of historic structures, including the Queen's Parade Grounds, an old Wesleyan Church, the 18th-century Commissioner's House, the old saltworks and the boiling hole that fed them can be found in the town.

[9] The abandoned salt pans just outside town have become the home of a number of bird species including large flocks of flamingos.