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Mr. Cruickshank also announced that the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association.. has secured a meeting with government officials.. to discuss Tobago's economy. Elizabeth Williams reports.
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00:00Vice-Chairman of the Tobago Arm of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce,
00:07Demijohn Cruikshank, is predicting that tourism would be the driving force of the economy
00:12in Tobago come 2025.
00:14We have to look at how we're doing the business of tourism from now on, from the business
00:25community.
00:26So please, look at what you're doing, see how we can get into the tourism product, because
00:35tourism is going to drive the economy of Tobago from 2025 onward.
00:41Mr. Cruikshank said there is new hope for 2025 with the completion of the A&R Robinson
00:47International Airport Expansion Project.
00:50We have a brand new airport. To all the business people in here, don't sit down and bore hope
00:58that it's not part of us. The government has spent over $1. something billion on the airport.
01:06Do not listen to foolishness.
01:08Mr. Cruikshank said many meetings have been held with the THA as policies have changed.
01:16We had a new assembly for the last three years, and their policies changed drastically.
01:23So the business community sent a shockwave through the business community.
01:29The chamber has been meeting with the assembly several times.
01:33You can't believe it.
01:3510 o'clock in the night, 11 o'clock in the night, 1 o'clock in the morning, pleading for
01:40the business community to see how we can make sure and keep the indigenous Tobago businesses alive.
01:47Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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