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President of the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association Reginald Mac Lean is calling for Tobago to be detached from Trinidad in light of the ongoing State of Emergency. Mr. Mac Lean said the present trend by government is 'screwing up' tourism in Tobago. More from Elizabeth Williams.
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00:00My view is very simple. They need to detach Trinidad from Tobago and keep Trinidad with their crime, because it's
00:07totally screwing up tourism in Tobago. It's a Trinidad problem, it's not a Tobago problem.
00:14McLean said the SOE is nothing short of a backward step for Tobago's tourism thrust, as the international figures will
00:22up by 20%, but now the sector is facing some cancellations.
00:27It's a very backward step for tourism. Tobago does not have the crime that Trinidad has. And we need to
00:35detach Tobago's tourism from Trinidad for crime purposes. Already today there's an advisory come out from the U.S. on
00:44travel to Trinidad and Tobago. We need to have a separation on something like this.
00:50He said it is disappointing. The Zones of Special Operations Zoso bill was not passed in Parliament.
00:58Damage control again. We have to get the word out that we are safe. That's about all we can do
01:06when you're under SA.
01:09Are you disappointed in any way?
01:12I'm very disappointed because the government has had 10 months to deal with the issue and they have not gotten
01:18it under control. They know who the criminals are. They deal with the criminals. Get them in.
01:24But again, I'm also disappointed in the opposition that the opposition did not support the ZOSA and that would have
01:31been a way to make it a lot simpler in dealing with crime in this country.
01:36Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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