The Wreck of the Rhone Marine Park, British Virgin Islands: a social and economic impact study

The current and potential economic and social benefits of the Wreck of the Rhone Marine Park were assessed in an effort to provide recommendations to the British Virgin Islands Government and management authorities to achieve sustainable levels of tourism and Marine Park conservation. This study was conducted as part of a wider investigation into selected marine protected areas within the Caribbean. To collect the data for this study, one hundred visitors to the WRMP were selected at random and asked to complete questionnaires. It should be noted that only visitors travelling to the WRMP by dive boat were approached. Therefore, this study did not include visitors travelling by sailboat, unless they had arranged a rendezvous with one of the dive companies