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May 1, 2025

Public tourism meetings cut short

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sustainable Development has cancelled the six remaining public meetings on a planned national tourism policy, replacing them with “target focus group sessions” that have …

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by Allison Vaughn
January 24, 2025

Summit to inform tourism plan

After Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley called for a “shared vision” last Thursday at the first Virgin Islands Tourism Summit, Shereen Flax-Charles had a question. “What are the plans to balance …

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by Allison Vaughn
January 9, 2025

Throne speech pegged to plan

The first Speech from the Throne in two years emphasised the elected government’s determination to push ahead with the six broad goals laid out in the territory’s National Sustainable Development …

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by Shaun Connolly
December 5, 2024

Lobster, music and fun in Anegada

A record number of restaurants took part in the 12th annual Anegada Lobster Festival over the weekend, drawing praise from enthusiastic visitors despite attendance that participants said was down from …

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by Allison Vaughn
November 15, 2024

Tourism manual coming soon

One of the first roads in the Virgin Islands stretched from the Chalwell junction to Windy Hill, and it was called the “paved walk” because it was composed of stones …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 28, 2024

Study probes cruise sector in region

A preliminary economic study examining the cruise industry’s impacts in the Caribbean will be presented this week at a conference in St. Maarten, according to Communications and Works Minister Kye …

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by Allison Vaughn
September 9, 2024

First-half tourism record driven by cruise ships

The first six months of 2024 set a tourism record, bringing the most visitor arrivals of any first half in Virgin Islands history and causing Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 31, 2024

Small crowds, big cheers at music fest

Dancing concertgoers crowded the stage in hopes of touching Jamaican dancehall performer Alkaline early Sunday morning at the Virgin Islands Music Festival. It was a high point for the three-day …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 24, 2024

Cruise executives promise more calls

Government has continued to embrace record-breaking cruise tourism numbers, giving cruise lines no “indication that they have reached their limit” in the territory, according to Communications and Works Minister Kye …

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by Allison Vaughn
May 3, 2024

August Festival to mark 70 this year

There will be much to celebrate during this year’s August Emancipation Festival. “We’re celebrating not just the 70th anniversary of Festival, but we’re celebrating 190 years of emancipation, 190 years …

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by Allison Vaughn
February 19, 2024

Tourism plan promised this year

After more than a decade of delays, a national tourism plan is in the works and will be completed by the end of this year, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley …

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by Allison Vaughn
February 15, 2024

Free app offers tips for tourists

A free smartphone application designed to help tourists navigate the territory’s attractions was launched this month through a partnership between the BVI Chamber of Commerce and the publisher of its …

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by Tremis Skeete
December 15, 2023

Air rally touches down in Virgin Islands

For the first time since 2016, organised waves of private planes descended onto Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport last week, completing the second leg of this year’s Governor General’s Caribbean …

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by Rushton Skinner
November 22, 2023

Brokers from around the world

A bit of rain couldn’t keep members of the Virgin Islands’ boating community away from one of their industry’s biggest events this month. The BVI Charter Yacht Society held its …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2023

What to expect for Anegada Lobster Fest 2023

Foodies and lovers of Virgin Islands culture can mark their calendars for the 11th Anegada Lobster Festival running Nov. 24-26, which is featuring a record 12 restaurants this year. But …

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by Dana Kampa
September 28, 2023

Long-delayed tourism plan stalled for now

In March 2022, Cabinet decided to award a $1.9 million contract to a New York-based firm to create the national tourism plan that successive governments had been promising for more …

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by Dana Kampa
June 12, 2023

VI welcomes direct flights

Just before 1:30 p.m. on June 1, crowds gathered at the upper-floor lounge at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, pressing up against the windows facing the tarmac. Anticipation built as …

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by Dana Kampa
March 3, 2023

Revamped Wreck Week returns

BVI Scuba Organisation President Kim Huish and educators from Green VI were busy leading students from Ivan Dawson Primary School as they combed the beach at Cane Garden Bay for …

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by Dana Kampa
January 20, 2023

Early arrival numbers up 42%

Tourist arrivals during November and December totalled 40,950, up about 42 percent from 28,857 in the same period in 2021, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced Friday in apparent reference …

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by Alva Solomon
August 16, 2022

Wreck Week to return next February

Hoping to highlight the Virgin Islands shipwrecks that draw divers from around the world, organisers are bringing back BVI Wreck Week next February. The event, which was last held in …

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by Dana Kampa
July 29, 2022

‘Tourism off-season is changing,’ premier says

After major hits to the tourism sector during the pandemic, the Virgin Islands is figuring out the best way forward in new circumstances under new leadership, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” …

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by Dana Kampa
April 14, 2022

Gun Creek centre reopens

The same contractor who originally built the Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Centre in 2005 said he took great pride in seeing the refurbished building ready to serve travellers in …

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by Dana Kampa
April 22, 2021

Tourism in the quarantine era

It had been over a year since I’d last travelled to the United States. I normally make the trip twice a year, and I’d never missed Christmas in my home …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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