2019 Anegada Lobster Festival had the 'largest crowds’ – Sharon P. Flax-Brutus
Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) Sharon P. Flax-Brutus and her team were the usual welcome party at the main ferry dock at Setting Point, which was a vantage point to assess the arrivals. Mrs Flax-Brutus related she was particularly happy at the growth in the numbers turning up on the Saturday [November 30] this year.
A number of school students were also included in the welcome party this year, the seventh edition of the Anegada Lobster Festival.
Largest crowds
According to Flax-Brutus, this year’s Anegada Lobster Fest is one of the best in terms of the support by patrons. “Yes we have a little bit of rain, yes we have a little bit of waves but I thing that adds to the general excitement.”
“Yesterday we started (Saturday). It was a great day yesterday, it was the largest crowds we ever had on a Saturday and now today (Sunday) is looking even more interesting,” she said.
This year there were ten participating restaurants, from the closest to the dock, Potters By the Sea, to the furthest point of Big Bamboo. “All the restaurants had a variety of lobster samplers for just seven dollars and that seven dollars included a beverage,” Flax-Brutus said.
One dollar shuttles
Additionally, there were the one dollar shuttles, “running from the area from Potters' right down to Neptune’s and that’s one dollar hop on and hop off and that money goes to charity.”
The Claudia Creque Educational Centre at Anegada is one of the charities to benefit.
She also explained there were taxis going to further locations like Cow Wreck, Flash of Beauty, Anegada Beach Club, “And of course there is lobster but there is also lots of music. We have live band, we have deejays, so it’s a fun time for all.”
More work to be done
There were; however, restaurants and individuals who felt transportation was still an issue and as such there was a poor turnout at some of the far off restaurants, according to Mavis Levan. “All the rentals on the islands was booked out yes, the scooter businesses did excellent but because there was such a big traffic than years past, especially on the Saturday, we definitely have to do more in the future so every participating restaurant can benefit from visitors,” Levan said.
She also said there are more than restaurants to experience on the island. “They need to organise around the history and other things that make our Anegada this big flat beauty. We know next year will be better.”
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