January 5th, 2020
It’s long overdue, but now it is finally happening. On 12/27/19, almost two years and four months after Irma, the removal of wrecked boats in Trellis Bay began as the BVI continued its effort to rid the islands of derelict boats.
In May, as part of its Derelict Vessel Removal Project, the BVI Government had announced plans to remove over 200 wrecked and abandoned boats that still remained after Irma. Now it looks like they are making good on that promise.
The wrecked vessels have been a major eyesore, for residents and visitors alike and it will be great to see Trellis Bay finally cleaned up.
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