00:00The parade of the bands, you know, we really hoped that the bands would have come out earlier.
00:04And that's always a challenge, the fact that the bands would be rode so late in the evening.
00:08And those were the elements that we were very concerned about, especially with the Tobago Cannibal here on the horizon.
00:14And so we want to sit as an executive council and reassess, you know, where we are with this February
00:19-March Cannibal,
00:20the national Trinidad and Tobago Cannibal, sit with our task force that we had in place since September last year.
00:26And just reassess and re-evaluate and come up with, you know, a strategy that will, you know,
00:31see where we are as a people, as an island, as it relates to these two products that we now
00:36have on any given calendar.
00:38TV6 News caught up with Secretary Hackett and her team at Pigeon Point Beach on Wednesday.
00:44On Tuesday, there was a late showing of Tobago's parade of the bands,
00:48with the first band crossing the judging point in Scarborough shortly before 3 p.m.
00:54Secretary Hackett said all was not lost, as some events attracted thousands.
01:00So Liz, right before the Cannibal, we sat at an executive council and we spoke to more or less working
01:07the things that we know work for us.
01:08We understand that in the Tobago space, the promotion of kiddies, juve, culture and modern were the prominent features of
01:16our Cannibal that we needed to promote.
01:17And those were the features that actually had the engagement and interest of the public of Tobago.
01:22And so we saw the participation.
01:24We saw the crowds, you know, getting into the streets of Scarborough on Cannibal Tuesday for the mudmass.
01:30In Roxburgh, Cannibal Monday night for the mud again.
01:33And the three juvies were successful, I would say.
01:36Hackett said Tobago is being promoted as a rest and reflection island after carnival.
01:42So the great escape is what we dubbed the carnival period here in Tobago, even before we had the actual
01:48carnival, you know, taking place.
01:50And so as Wednesday we're here in Pigeon Point, the epic experience is actually on the way there.
01:55We had a beautiful day here and I'm certain that other beaches in Tobago saw an influx of visitors.
02:00And not only the beaches, all are natural attractions across the island.
02:05But this type of persons coming into the space and enjoying what Tobago has to offer.
02:09Hundreds of tourists were observed at Pigeon Point enjoying the sun, sea and sand.
02:17The magnificent brilliance of the seas made her inaugural visit to Tobago on Wednesday, arriving with approximately 1,700 passengers.
02:27Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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