Tourism Woes of the V.I.


	Tourism Woes of the V.I.

gfrancis731

10-11-2008 6:41 PM

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The dollar, doing more harm than help

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</FONT><P><FONT size="3">    <TABLE align="right" width="1%"><TBODY><TR><TD><A href="http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/vault/?p=1222834254,1&req=full" linkindex="61"><IMG border="1" align="right" bordercolor="black" alt="The Department of Tourism's Chantal Figueroa (left to right), Commissioner Beverly Nicolson-Doty and Allegra Kean Moorhead at the AAFVI luncheon. " src="http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/vault/?p=1222834254,1" version="tw" /></A></TD></TR><TR><TD><I>
    <SMALL>The Department of Tourism's Chantal Figueroa (left to right), Commissioner Beverly Nicolson-Doty and Allegra Kean Moorhead at the AAFVI luncheon. <SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></I>
<SMALL><SMALL>    </SMALL></SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Oct. 10, 2008 -- With the dollar at an all-time low and 9/11 becoming a distant memory, counting on the U.S. flag as a lure for tourists seeking a Caribbean vacation isn’t necessarily the best marketing strategy for the Virgin Islands, the V.I. tourism commissioner said Friday.
<BR />     A U.S. destination message has worked in the past but might not be quite as "compelling" today, Beverly Nicolson-Doty said at a meeting of the American Advertising Federation U.S. Virgin Islands at Room With A View on St. Thomas. </FONT></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/395472FB-DCEF-4DB5-AFF0-4847B35F5CB0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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