If new Tourism Minister Ewart Brown is looking for some good news, all he has to do is make the trek to the Grotto Bay Beach Hotel.

That's where the Borch clan is staying, a mainstay venue for the Staten Island, New York family who have been visiting Bermuda since the late 1970s.

The family have vacationed here over 25 times and described the Grotto Bay property as their "second home".

Despite a noticeable increase in traffic congestion and higher prices, Harold and Eileen Borch said Bermuda is where their family want to be. "It's like coming home to see friends," Mr. Borch said.