Archive for November 2016

United States Customs and Border Protection will be returning to conduct a mobile Global Entry enrollment event on St. Thomas on Dec. 9-10. The event will be held at the Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas/CBP Airport Security Office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. USVI residents and visitors are invited to take advantage of…

Efforts to attract travelers from China to the United States Virgin Islands were explored during Tourism Commissioner Beverly Nicholson-Doty’s recent visit to Chengdu and Beijing. The commissioner was there to explore opportunities to draw Chinese tourists to the territory following an earlier business mission in June led by Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp. In Chengdu, Nicholson-Doty…

Coral World General Curator Lee Kellar announced that Coral World has rehabilitated and released another osprey. Osyka the osprey was released on Oct. 17 along the north shore of St. Thomas. She flew strongly and was monitored for two hours before flying out of site. Kellar stated, “On September 20, 2016, a concerned citizen contacted…