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    Welcome Back to the BVI

    Nov 10, 2020 4 minutes
    By Kim Kavin

    News came in mid-September that the British Virgin Islands would reopen for tourism December 1, after a months-long Covid-19 shutdown. Yes, winter is still coming—and it’s likely to be a doozy thanks to the U.S. election, the continuing pandemic and the world economy’s historic swings—but the BVI reopening means the season will at least include a chance to get aboard a boat in one of the world’s most popular charter destinations.

    “We’re back. We’re open,” said Raul Bermudez, vice president of MarineMax Vacations. “What’s a better place to be than the salt water? It cures everything.”

    MarineMax Vacations, which has 45 boats in

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