May 28th, 2018
Shamora Penn at Trellis Bay Market Bar & Grill just posted more good news regarding the clean up of the bay. She said, “It was indeed a pleasant surprise to see members of the The Maranatha SDA Church (Pathfinders) with shovels in hand, ready to assist in the replanting of Coconut Palms along the stretch of Trellis Bay. This show of community spirit can only help us to recover and show the world we are BVI STRONG. Huge shout out to Shereen Flax of The BVI Tourist Board, ONE BVI and the #Seedsoflove Program.”
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