February 10th, 2018
Just got the following update from The Sandbox Beach Bar & Grill located on Prickly Pear Island in Virgin Gorda. They reported, “The Sandbox was hit by Irma and with it being so low to the ocean, it was clear the old sandbox was gone. Six months later, we’re happy to say we will be open by end of March 2018. We would like to thank our friends for sticking with us during this build back process and hope you will visit us soon!”
Sandbox Beach Bar & Grill: +1 284-499-9122
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