Friday, 29 Mar 2024

The Latest on Tourism in the British Virgin Islands

One-on-One with British Virgin Islands Director of Tourism Clive McCoy


The Latest on Tourism in the British Virgin Islands

From rebuilding following hurricanes to trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, it's been a wild ride for travel and tourism in the British Virgin Islands.

We recently caught up with British Virgin Islands Director of Tourism Clive McCoy to find out how the recovery path is going, as well as what stands out right now in the luxury travel space for the island.

TravelPulse: As the travel industry begins its recovery path, what's the latest with British Virgin Islands' tourism recovery?

Clive McCoy: With the BVI, first thing, all of our COVID-19 protocols for entry have completely relaxed. There's no testing required to come into the British Virgin Islands and no proof of vaccination is necessary. So now that we got that out of the way, in the BVI we've had a few new properties reopen, the Long Bay Beach Resort, The Inn at Cornucopia, also the Bitter End Yacht Club is another one that has reopened and a few others. So, we have a few other properties to choose from now. We have a new charter yacht company in the islands as well, Wayfair chartering. As you know, the BVI is the sailing capital of the world, so we're very much pleased about that and happy that they're on board.

The BVI is back. It's still the most beautiful destination in the world in my opinion, and the destination that I think has the most offer in the Caribbean. We have the four major islands - which are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke - and each one of them has a different vibe, a different mood. We're looking forward to having folks come down and enjoy destination. It's been a long two years with COVID, and prior to COVID we had to deal with the Hurricanes and rebuilding, so we got hit with a double whammy and we're looking forward to the 2023 tourism season to make an impact in the British Virgin Islands.

TP: Speaking of 2023, how are bookings looking so far for the future?

CM: Based on some of the information that we see from some of our partners, yes, the bookings are looking really good for 2023. We couldn't be more thrilled about it.

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