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The economy, one of the most stable and prosperous in the Caribbean, is highly dependent on tourism, generating an estimated 45% of the national income. An estimated 350,000 tourists, mainly from the US, visited the islands in 1998. In the mid-1980s, the government began offering offshore registration to companies wishing to incorporate in the islands, and incorporation fees now generate substantial revenues. Roughly 400,000 companies were on the offshore registry by yearend 2000. The adoption of a comprehensive insurance law in late 1994, which provides a blanket of confidentiality with regulated statutory gateways for investigation of criminal offenses, is expected to make the British Virgin Islands even more attractive to international business. Livestock raising is the most important agricultural activity; poor soils limit the islands' ability to meet domestic food requirements. Because of traditionally close links with the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands has used the dollar as its currency since 1959.
Country name: conventional long form: none
conventional short form: British Virgin Islands
abbreviation: BVI
Capital: Road Town
Languages: English (official)
Religions: Protestant 86% (Methodist 33%, Anglican 17%, Church of God 9%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 10%, none 2%, other 2% (1991)
The British Virgin Islands Home Page
All about British Virgin Islands, comprehensive directory of links to all BVI businesses with web sites. Information about services, events, getting around, dining, boating, shopping, finanical and legal info.
Island Sun Newspaper
Authoritative information source for the British Virgin Islands. The Island Sun is the
BVI premiere newspaper with all the latest stories and happenings in and around the islands.
Map of British Virgin Islands
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