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.
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