A recent Beachcomber article outlined the conclusions of a report commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce regarding attracting tourists to the Island during the “off season,” which seems to be roughly three quarters of the year. The author of the report concluded that tourists won’t visit unless there is a solid reason for coming and that we should market ourselves as an “events and activities get-away,” so that we could entice the “Thoughtful Tourist” (read, “Single and Powerful But Subdued Woman with Lots of Money”) during the months when it’s raining or threatening to rain.
A number of people have remarked that because I am a graduate of two engineering schools at a time when female students were at a premium and when drunken debauchery was celebrated, I better than most should be able to recommend events of interest to 18- to 30-year-old males.
