Editing United States Virgin Islands (section)

===Tourism===
Tourism, trade, and other service-oriented industries are the primary economic activities, accounting for nearly 60% of the GDP. Approximately 2.5 million tourists per year visit, most arriving on [[cruise ships]].<ref name="VI Bureau of Economic Research-2016"/> Such visitors do not spend large amounts of money ($146.70 each on average) but as a group, they contributed $339.8 million to the economy in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garely |first=Dr. Elinor |date=November 9, 2014 |title=Interview: The Honorable Beverly Nicholson-Doty, Commissioner of Tourism, United States Virgin Islands |url=http://www.eturbonews.com/52370/interview-honorable-beverly-nicholson-doty-commissioner-tourism- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216125357/http://www.eturbonews.com/52370/interview-honorable-beverly-nicholson-doty-commissioner-tourism- |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=February 15, 2017 |website=E Turbo News |publisher=eTurboNews, Inc. |quote=Dr. Elinor Garely, Editor-in-Chief, TourismExecutives.com}}</ref> Euromonitor indicates that over 50% of the workforce is employed in some tourism-related work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |title=Travel and Tourism in US Virgin Islands |url=http://www.euromonitor.com/travel-and-tourism-in-us-virgin-islands/report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322215250/http://www.euromonitor.com/travel-and-tourism-in-us-virgin-islands/report |archive-date=March 22, 2017 |access-date=February 15, 2017 |website=Euromonitor }}</ref>

Additionally, the islands frequently are a starting point for private [[yacht charter]]s to the neighboring [[British Virgin Islands]].[[File:RCCL Adventure Of The Seas (22908986604).jpg|thumb|RCCL Adventure Of The Seas]]