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  • 8 months ago
The Tobago House of Assembly is at this time monitoring the recently imposed visa restrictions on Trinidad and Tobago.

This from Tourism Secretary Tashia Burris as she spoke on Friday on a Tobago morning show. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
Transcript
00:00We know that there are some things in this space right now that are hampering our ability to increase our numbers.
00:07These new restrictions with respect to visas that is taking place with the UK situation,
00:11obviously we're monitoring it very, very closely because the traffic is not just inbound in terms of people who are visiting,
00:17but it's also outbound people who are visiting.
00:19Ms. Boris said the UK visa situation has financial implications for Tobago.
00:25We are paying for airlift, so that has implications for us from a financial perspective.
00:30We cannot sell the loads going out as we could have because we no longer have that outbound traffic coming from the local population.
00:38These are things that we have to look at.
00:40Meantime, she said, she's excited about the opening of the A&R Robinson International Airport Expansion Project on Saturday.
00:48I'm excited for the next chapter for tourism for Tobago.
00:53Yes, we're having the practical completion ceremony for the airport tomorrow,
00:57and we know that the operationalization of the plant is going to take some time,
01:01but when it's fully opened and we can fully realize the benefits of what that would bring, I am excited.
01:08Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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