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USVI Tourism Commissioner Wins Carib Journal's Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year Award

V.I. Dept. of Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte was honored Wednesday with Carib Journal's top award for tourism executives in the Caribbean leading their destinations to greater heights.  Mr. Boschulte received the Journal's Caribbean Tourism Executive of the Year award, with the tourism-focused publication lauding the commissioner for his stellar performance in leading the U.S. Virgin Islands tourism product during the Covid-19 pandemic.  "No Caribbean destination has seen more growth in the last three years than the U.S. Virgin Islands, which kicked off a full-fledged tourism renaissance just after the onset of the pandemic and hasn’t looked back," the Journal wrote. "And so much of that growth can be directly tied to the expert stewardship of Boschulte, who helped craft an innovative, flexible response to the challenges of the pandemic and has continued to drive the USVI’s performance with a data-driven, creative approach to modern tourism." The U.S. Virgin Islands was among...