00:00The Tobago House of Assembly will be supporting, not just by words, but also giving financial backing to Pantrimbago, Tobago region, and the National Committee to ensure that Panomega comes off well in Tobago.
00:17I have also secured additional support from the Minister and the Ministry of Culture and Trinidad to support this activation in October.
00:30Mr. Augustin made the commitment to the Pan fraternity as steel band groups performed at the Scarborough Esplanade on Saturday.
00:38Mr. Augustin congratulated Tobago Panarrangers.
00:41What this does for the Tobago Pan side is that you get funding very early and you are able to prepare not just for the Tobago Panomega competition, but prepare for the National Panorama competition in February.
00:57You are able to start earlier, get funding earlier, and be prepared to the extent that we can continue to win at the National Panorama competitions.
01:09Mr. Augustin said the Tobago Carnival experience in October is a pioneer event for the people of Tobago and the local economy.
01:18Over the last three years, we have seen that event grow in terms of the numbers of visitors.
01:26Last year, in our third year last year, we received just over 30,000 visitors to the island just for the Carnival weekend.
01:38And we expect this, our fourth year, to be even larger than the previous three years.
01:44Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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