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  • 10 months ago
Two cruisenships have cancelled their visits to Tobago.
And, according to sources at the port,.. the Norwegian Jade.. which was due to dock at the Scarborough port last Friday.. cancelled.. due to the current State of Emergency. More from Elizabeth Williams.
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00:00I don't know if it's a technical issue, but it is cancelled.
00:03We questioned Mr. Carvalho about monies owed to maxi-taxi drivers in Tobago attached to
00:09the cruise liners.
00:10He said those were paid in full, including outstanding COVID-19 monies.
00:16My own concern with Tobago is that we don't get the kind of information that we need from
00:27the transport providers.
00:29For instance, we will send them our requirement for so many people going on tours, but we
00:36don't get a response from them saying that we have X number of vehicles available if
00:44the vehicle is going to come.
00:46So that is something that we need to work on.
00:48TV6 News contacted the president of One Arm of the Maxi-Taxi Association in Tobago, Cloyd
00:54Williams, who spoke to the relationship with Mr. Carvalho and the need for increased transportation
01:01for Tobago.
01:03Any outstanding payments from Mr. Carvalho?
01:05No, there's no outstanding.
01:06He paid up every cent, even the COVID-19 money, the pre-COVID that he was owing, he paid.
01:15We start the season and he's doing well.
01:17We start paying.
01:18I think we have an improved relationship with him, which we are happy about.
01:23We still have the problem of shortage of Maxis and we apply and approach the transport
01:30commission several times, which there was a promise of some sweet Maxis.
01:35We are hoping that they will really address that problem because long transport is very
01:42indispensable and we cannot be promoting tourism all over the world.
01:46And then when you come to the destination, there is a shortage of transport.
01:51This year, Tobago will have less cruise ship calls than last year.
01:56At last Thursday's Tobago Security Council Stakeholders' Meeting, Tourism Secretary Tasha
02:02Pores indicated there has been some decline in the tourism industry since the SOE was
02:09announced.
02:10Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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