Daily scheduled air service is available to Bimini from Nassau, Grand Bahama Island and Florida.

CNN: A beach break in Bimini

Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, has just opened a huge container trans-shipment port on Grand Bahama.

ECONOMIST: The Bahamas

These days, this often means gambling the night away at one of the glittering casinos found on the small island of Grand Bahama or in the capital of Nassau on the island of New Providence.

BBC: Surf and turf gambling in the Bahamas