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Tobago's tourism is said to be slipping into decline, with its flagship events now being lost to other islands.

Former President of the Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Diane Haddad warns that those in authority seem to be out of their league and failing the sector.....

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00:00Haddad, a businesswoman, says the Tobago House of Assembly exerts too much control
00:06and refuses to let events get off the ground without their blessing.
00:11Diane Haddad adds that decisions on funding remain vague and inconsistent, leaving promoters frustrated.
00:19She reveals that even cycling has now been lured with better offers,
00:24warning that this is only one example of many flagship events Tobago is steadily losing.
00:31We used to have a rugby tournament going on.
00:36We had, you know, misunderstandings of whether they could use the Bon Accord court
00:41or they can't use the Canaan court or, you know, the fields.
00:44And so all of these misunderstandings, after people put great effort into planning them,
00:49we've lost the rugby tournament.
00:51We have lost the triathlon, which was another big event that took place around the side of Turtle Beach and so.
01:02And latest to this now that we can add, the Great Race isn't what it used to be years ago in my youth.
01:10Haddad says there are serious issues with leadership,
01:14as well as the way some officials treat business persons in the sector.
01:19I was speaking to a businessman who would have shared with me
01:23that we have too many people that go into the positions that lie too much.
01:29One of the other comments was not just that they lie, he said they're very unforgiving.
01:35And he said, you know, Diane, that just keeps hurting us.
01:39She adds that Tobago has everything it needs to revive the sector.
01:44However, she pointed out that while other islands are proudly using the very blueprint Tobago laid out years ago
01:51to strengthen their own tourism industries, Tobago itself continues to lag behind.
01:58Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
02:00I'll see you in the next video.
02:14See you next time.
02:15And there we go.
02:17Bye-bye.
02:17How about this?
02:17I'm trying to know.
02:18Bye-bye.
02:19Bye-bye.
02:19Bye-bye.
02:20Bye-bye.
02:21Bye-bye.
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