Bermuda has “finally cast off its tired old image” and is no longer for the “newlyweds and nearly deads”, according to one travel writer. Estella Shardlow recently visited “the lonely mid-Atlantic island”, which she writes has “become synonymous with honeymooners and pensioners”, to investigate what the Island can offer to “the modern traveller”.

Published on the website iHealthTravel.com — which bills itself as “a best health and travel resource site” — Ms Shardlow recounted her visit to the Island where she experience snorkeling, swinging from the vines in Southlands, and exploring the Crystal Caves, among other typical tourist activities.

Most notable, however, was Ms Shardlow’s announcement that Bermuda was reinventing its tourism experience.

“Unless you’re a retired American cruise-shipper or possibly a honeymooner, then Bermuda probably hasn’t been on your holiday radar,” she wrote. “This is, after all, the destination branded as being for ‘newlyweds and nearly deads’, a lonely mid-Atlantic island known for shorts, aviation mysteries and not a huge amount else. But that’s set to change.”

Ms Shardlow goes on to write that the Island is now shedding its “tired old image” “thanks to the Bermudian government pumping $23.1 million into tourism this year” as well as an increased focus on social media.

Although Ms Shardlow’s tourism experience appears not to have strayed very far from the activities tourists have always typically enjoy on the Island — she tried a fish sandwich at Art Mel’s Spicy Dicy, swam with fish, and had her breath taken away by the “clear, bright turquoise water” — she found that contrary to Bermuda’s reputation there were many things about the Island that “took [her] by surprise.”