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Over 37,750 people visited Tobago from the Blue Food festival to Tobago's October Carnival via the air and sea bridges. This, from Gold commander of Tobago's October Carnival, ACP Collis Hazel who commended the National Security Apparatus.


ACP Hazel's commendations come on the heels of a suspected arson attack on a trailer truck belonging to Carnival band, Bago Limers. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
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00:00A trailer truck belonging to carnival band Bego Limers which participated in
00:05the October Carnival was burnt in what is a suspected arson attack. TV6 News
00:11spoke with head of the Tobago October Carnival Association Dexter Sandy about
00:16the incident. It's really unfortunate that something like that would happen a
00:21carnival all right but I really do hope that the authorities are able to find
00:26whoever the persons are and really resolve it because as any band leader
00:31waking up on a morning and hearing that your trailer would have been succumbed
00:36to this kind of damage it could really dampen the spirits but from my knowledge
00:41all bands were on the road yesterday so they would have found a solution and they
00:45were on the road yesterday. Despite the trailer truck incident Mr. Sandy boasted
00:50of a successful third edition of Tobago's October Carnival. I must say
00:55that from all accounts across all the bands that I interacted with they said
00:59it was a success their masqueraders really enjoyed it and Tobago Carnival we
01:05are now I would say ranking with all international carnivals. Asked whether
01:11Tobago should have two carnivals Mr. Sandy said both are separate and apart
01:16and both carnivals are important to the island. The essence of the two carnivals
01:22now National Carnival is National Carnival what Tobago may need to do is
01:27tweak what we do for National Carnival we don't have to duplicate what happens
01:32in October but National Carnival is really an opportunity for us to work
01:39with the kids and the kiddies carnival is an opportunity for bands to work on
01:45different aspects of production and presentation and the traditional mass the
01:51old-time mass all those other elements because the culture is very rich and
01:56strong and that's what National Carnival really needs to present. October is a
02:00different model October we really looking at the tourism aspect of carnival.
02:06However Mr. Sandy is calling for earlier marketing of Tobago by the THA and more
02:13predictable seats on the air bridge by Caribbean Airlines. Outside of the
02:18marketing now we're looking at the connectivity really getting these people
02:22to be able to land on the island with predictability of a seat whether it be
02:29by boat or by plane from a very early stage so those are the two main things I
02:33think that we need to really put emphasis on come December. Tourism
02:39Secretary Tashia Boris is leaving Tobago with a contingent from the Division of
02:44Tourism and the Chief Secretary Farley Augustine to attend the World Travel
02:49Market from November 1st to 8th. Ms. Boris told a media briefing on Monday
02:55that Tobago's 2025 October Carnival would be promoted at the World Travel
03:01Market. Elizabeth Williams TV6 News
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