Hey Calvin. I can only share my experience. After a few years’ absence, we travelled to Tortola in 2023. We loved it! (And we are planning our next visit in June). We found the locals happy to see us. As our custom, we used Tortola as our base and went to our favourite spots: Soper’s Hole, Long Bay, Cane Garden Bay. We did day trips to Jost Van Dyke and Cooper Island. Sure, there were some let-downs: mostly due to cruise ship traffic overrunning places like Pusser’s and Roadtown. And we did not love having to go through St Thomas, but despite all that, we rediscovered our love for the BVIs.