February 8th, 2019
BVI Traveller has just returned from 5 weeks in the BVI and can personally say that the beaches here are as beautiful as ever. During my trip I had a chance to visit a majority of the beaches on Tortola including those at Smuggler’s Cove, Long Bay, Apple Bay, Cane Garden Bay, Brewers Bay, Josiah’s Bay, Lambert Bay, Little Bay, Long Bay East and Trellis Bay. I am happy to report that all of them looking very good since Irma. And, from what I have heard from other visitors I met, so are the beaches are Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, Anegada and the smaller islands.
While many have lost a number of palm trees, it seems that the sea grape trees and other flora are filling in nicely. The sand between your toes is still soft, the water is delightfully warm and there is a beach bar nearby ready with your favorite tropical drink.
So get yourself a good book, reserve a seat on the next flight to paradise and say “hello to sunshine!”.
Photo credit: Krista Joy
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