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Tourism in Tobago doing well
Things are looking up for Tobago’s tourism sector. This according to Secretary of Tourism and Transportation Assemblyman Tracy Davidson-Celestine, who supported her claim with statistics during the Face to Face community meeting series at the Lowlands Multi-Purpose Community Centre on Thursday (March 17) night. She was responding to a claim
New flight to bring Tobago more revenue
The new direct Condor Airlines service between Munich, Germany and Tobago will lead to an increase in visitors from Europe. This according to Deputy Chief Secretary and Secretary of Tourism and Transportation, Assemblyman Tracy Davidson-Celestine, who says it will also result in greater hotel occupancy and spending on the island.
Residents seeing opportunity in community meetings
“It’s better for people to know what’s going on than to not know and misjudge,” Ammika Roberts said. That sober reflection is what brought Roberts, a resident of the Buccoo/Mt. Pleasant electoral district, to Thursday’s (March 17) Face to Face community meeting at the Lowlands Multi-Purpose Facility. Roberts, who is
Tickets for Tobago Jazz Experience now on sale
Tickets for this year’s Tobago Jazz Experience are now on sale, Deputy Chief Secretary and Secretary of Tourism and Transportation Assemblyman Tracy Davidson-Celestine announced on Wednesday (March 16) at the post Executive Council media briefing. Tickets are available at Cleve’s Record Shop, Crosby’s Music Centre, Cache and Penny Savers Supermarket.
Small guest houses to get upgrade incentive too
Guest houses and hotels of less than six rooms in Tobago are now included in Central Government’s Tourism Accommodation Upgrade Programme, launched on March 1. Deputy Chief Secretary Assemblyman Tracy Davidson-Celestine, who is also Secretary of Tourism and Transportation, is pleased that visitor accommodations in Tobago are now benefitting from
Plans to address “inhumane conditions” at Scarborough Prison
Conditions at the Scarborough Prison are “untenable, and cannot be allowed to continue”, Chief Secretary Orville London stressed on Monday. London told reporters that he has suggested a “modular approach” to housing the island’s prisoners as an alternative to the current “inhumane” conditions at the prison. He was speaking after
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