'Full year of Cruise ships from April 2015' – Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool
“One CEO said to us while we were in St Martin, though we had a little difficulty with you over the last number of years we have to put that difficulty aside because our customers say we want to come to the BVI,” Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool to told a number of taxi and livery operators yesterday morning at a general meeting for taxis and the official launch of Virgin Islands Transportations and Alliance Inc. (VITA).
“That’s mostly because the taxi men in the BVI have been good ambassadors for us here in the Territory. Although we have our challenges we don’t have the right roads, we don’t have the right inland destinations fully organized, efforts we have been making to make our tourists pleased to be here have been rewarding to us and we want to thank you,” he said.
The meeting and ceremony were held in the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall where Hon. Vanterpool gave the taxi drivers the assurance that thriving cruise tourism seasons are promised for the future.
“….we met with CEOs and companies earlier this month and got assurances from them of the interest in continuing to come to the BVI and although we have been having some difficulties, we’ve had some issues we are assured that in the times to come, not too distant times to come all of these companies would be looking to the BVI,” Hon Vanterpool told the operators.
Hon Vanterpool told them of physical surveys that have been done and can be verified which show that of every ten persons over eight have indicated wanting to have the VI as one of their tourist destinations.
He appealed with the operators to give their full support to the taxi and livery officers who are currently working desperately to have things in the industry improved according to Hon Vanterpool despite all is not well especially with the road networks.
“We are no longer be going to quickly throwing down asphalt on the roads to fix it and the next six months or when the rain comes it is destroyed. We are working bit by bit on areas that we want to make sure can be fixed properly and drained properly for the long term,” he said.
He said that though they are some difficulties in terms of meeting certain deadline with the works being done at the cruise ship pier, things are underway and making good progress. “We are expecting for the first time in the history of the Virgin Islands that 12 months of the year beginning April next year there will be cruise ships in the Territory all year round,” he said.
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