Dear Source:
In reading about the USVI Department of Tourism offices and the questions as to their effectiveness, I had some observations.
There are, besides the Tourism Department, other USVI entities that should have operations requiring office space stateside. The Industrial Development Commission, the VI Port Authority and the VI Rum Board come to mind. There are also the Leeward Islands, which with the USVI should be considered an economically integrated whole.
In those cases where it is not possible to close offices the Virgin Islands should look to have front and back offices across our departments and integrate tourism offices with its Leeward neighbors.
Richard Bond
