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THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine and his team met with a number of tourism officials during the World Travel Market. This comes even as Condor Airlines resumed operations to Tobago on Tuesday afternoon and British Airways continue operations. Elizabeth Williams was at the ANR Robinson International Airport for this report.

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00:00 The resumption of service by Condor Airlines on Tuesday comes as Chief Secretary Farley
00:06 Augustine and his team wrapped up their attendance at the 2023 edition of the World Travel Market.
00:13 Chief Secretary Farley Augustine speaking at the World Travel Market in London said
00:18 Tobago has a lot more work to do in ensuring that the tourist numbers are up and all hands
00:24 are on deck towards making this a reality.
00:27 "Already for the day I've met with other ministers, we went to the ministers summit,
00:33 that's ministers of tourism and ministers of government. I've met with British Airways,
00:40 I've met with Wanderlust and we won their award last year and Wanderlust is coming to Tobago
00:48 in December, its owner is coming in Tobago in December. We will then do an editorial piece
00:54 and then Tobago will also be ranked for the Wanderlust viewers."
00:59 Mr Augustine said over 40 meetings were secured during the World Travel Market.
01:06 "We have to split up at times to get the meetings out and to get the negotiations
01:10 through. We're talking about tour guides and tour operators and other airlines so it's a lot of work
01:16 but it's absolutely critical for Tobago to be here and to be here in such an impressive way."
01:21 And even as the Chief Secretary and his team are securing meetings comes the return of Condor
01:27 Airlines which resumed operations to Tobago on Tuesday afternoon. The new look Condor Airlines
01:34 is blue and white. The aircraft arrived with 71 passengers and later departed with 19 passengers.
01:42 British Airways also arrived at the A&R Robinson International Airport before Condor Airlines.
01:51 "We also had meetings with Guyanese Tourism, we had meetings with the Caribbean Council which is
01:57 a massive investment of course here in the UK. The British High Commissioner, our High Commissioner
02:05 to the United Kingdom, we met with him as well." Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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