Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 120V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call British Virgin Islands
- +1.284
What every visitor should know about British Virgin Islands:
- Money
- The currency is the US dollar (USD). 1 dollar is worth about €0.70.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Capital
- Road Town
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
British Virgin Islands facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 24,491
- Language
- English (official)
- Ethnicity
- Black 83.4%, white 7%, mixed 5.4%, Indian 3.4%, other 0.8%
Economy
- GDP
- US$38,500 (per capita)