Dann Lewis

Tourism Director Dann H. Lewis announced recently that THE TRAVEL ADVISOR, an independent national travel publication rated the U. S. Virgin Islands information and sales offices and the promotional literature which they distribute to the travel trade and consumers, among the top five tourism offices thought the United States.

Tourism is the lifeblood of the U. S. Virgin Islands economy, and the jobs and tax revenues that are created by tourism are particularly important during these economically depressed times.

Dann Lewis and other tourism officials in the islands are viewing with cautious optimism current signs of revival in the once vibrant tourist industry in the Virgin Islands (prior to the Fountain Valley incident). “This revival will continue only if everyone concerned contributes maximum effort and strives for excellence” Lewis said.

The excellent rating awarded the promotional activities of the offshore offices and should serve as an inspiration to all who are involved in the U. S. Virgin Islands tourism industry. This paper joins Commerce Commissioner Rimpel, Tourism Director Lewis, and the entire Division of Tourism in saluting the offshore office personnel and Greengage Associates Advertising, for a job very well done.

from: The Conch Shell, September 1977

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