With the coronavirus pandemic causing the closure of national borders and the suspension of international travel, governments in emerging markets have begun to explore whether domestic tourism can kick-start their economies.
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Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago taps business and events, sports and ecotourism from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
While less prominent on the international tourism radar than other Caribbean destinations such as Barbados or the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago – particularly the latter island – has been able to capture a share of high-spending tourists from the US, the UK and Canada. Tobago’s smaller economy and natural landscape is more orientated towards leisure tourism than Trinidad, while...
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago promotes unique island offerings to tourists from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
In 2017 the government dissolved the Tourism Development Company and formed two new organisations in its place: the Tobago Tourism Agency (TTA) and the Tourism Trinidad Destination Management Company Limited (TTL). The bodies were established to promote each island as its own independent tourist destination, with Trinidad focusing on meetings, incentives, conferences and...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Randall Mitchell, Minister of Tourism: Interview from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
To what extent have efforts been taken to diversify Trinidad and Tobago’s tourism offerings?
With the ingredients of a typical Caribbean sun, sea and sand destination, an ecotourism centre...
Trinidad and Tobago is the largest producer of oil and gas in the Caribbean. While there is a need to diversify the economy away from its dependence on hydrocarbons, a number of new discoveries in late 2019 appear set to support a short-term recovery in the energy sector and lend financing to the wider economy.