The Caribbean Journal speaks to Joseph Boschulte, the Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism about tourism in the US Virgin Islands. Here’s some good news from the article!
“According to Transportation Security Administration numbers, U.S. Virgin Islands airports in St. Croix and St. Thomas received 14 percent more passengers in February 2022 than in February 2019. Furthermore, the USVI was the fastest-growing territory for total capacity in all the Americas between 2019 and 2021, growing total departure seats by 35.8 percent.”
The cruise industry is in the process of recovery. Read more about the Department of Tourism’s strategy to increase port calls by 2023.