Tourism

Hundreds Attend Airbnb Disaster Preparedness Town Hall Meetings In USVI

Last week, in collaboration with the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism (D.O.T.) and the Long Term Recovery Teams of St Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, home-sharing platform Airbnb held a series of disaster preparedness town hall meetings to help empower communities in preparation of hurricane season, Airbnb has announced. More than two hundred attendees throughout the islands benefitted from the information shared at the meetings, including checklists for how to prepare your home for a hurricane, guides on how to talk to children about hurricane preparedness, and a framework for building community resilience when disaster strikes, said the release. “Hurricane season can be unpredictable, but our goal is to help Virgin Islanders be as prepared as possible for what may come,” stated Carlos Munoz, Airbnb campaign manager for public policy and communications in the Caribbean and Central America. “Supporting our host communities and empowering locals to prepare themselves with the...