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The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeking to continue to develop its services and tourism sectors, and also looking to diversify and expand its light and medium manufacturing, technology, and agriculture sectors. More than 2 million people visit these beautiful Caribbean islands each year, supporting a vibrant service industry, and the islands' jewelry and watchmaking industries are well known.

Perhaps some of the greatest opportunities are on St. Croix. Most visitors to the Virgin Islands visit St. Thomas; however, traffic to St. Croix has been increasing, and many opportunities exist to further develop this already popular destination to attract convention and sports tourism visitors, in addition to the traditional cruise ship and weekend visitors. Several sites on St. Croix are also primed for industrial development, and areas around the airports and ports on St. Croix are looking for further commercial development. Opportunities even exist in the specialty agriculture/aquaculture sector, to supply the needs both of local consumers and the local service industry.

The islands enjoy excellent air links to the U.S. mainland and to hubs around the Caribbean, and the telecommunications infrastructure is excellent, as St. Croix sits at the terminus of two trans-Atlantic fiber-optic lines; a new high-tech business incubator is also being developed in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands.

Opportunities Include:

• Marina and port development
• Hotel/resort construction/development
• Manufacturing
• IT/Communications
• Agriculture/Aquaculture
• AND MORE!