February 14th, 2018
I noticed on Facebook that many lovers of the BVI continue to be interested in seeing what the beaches and the islands in general look like after the hurricanes. As a result, I have updated the photo gallery on the BVI Traveller website with additional photos that were all taken AFTER Irma and Maria. As you can see in the photos, the islands are still stunning. The beauty of the BVI never ceases to amaze – even after two Category 5 hurricanes!
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter