The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVI) is welcoming holidaymakers and traveling business professionals as normal after experiencing only minimal damage during the passage of Hurricane Earl on Monday August 30th.
The storm did not hit the islands directly but every precaution was taken by the Tourist Board’s Emergency Coordinating Committee (ECC) to ensure that all holidaymakers and visitors were safe prior to the storms arrival.
The Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport was opened for normal operations at 1100hrs Tuesday morning.
Much of the damage sustained was to vegetation, with no reports of structural damage to any resorts. There were also no reports of loss of life.
“The people and business owners of the BVI take storm preparations very seriously and it is this ethos and by God’s grace that we have managed to come through Hurricane Earl with minimal damage” Hon Premier and Minister of Tourism, Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE.
