Trinidad & Tobago Tourism Sector Research Highlights

Analysis

Trinidad and Tobago promotes unique island offerings to tourists
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In 2017 the government dissolved the Tourism Development Company and formed two new organisations in its place: the Tobago Tourism Agency (TTA) and the Tourism Trinidad Destination Management Company Limited (TTL). The bodies were established to promote each island as its own independent tourist destination, with Trinidad focusing on meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) visitors,…

Interview

Randall Mitchell, Minister of Tourism: Interview
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Interview:Randall Mitchell To what extent have efforts been taken to diversify Trinidad and Tobago’s tourism offerings? RANDALL MITCHELL: T&T has three distinct destination marketing brands, namely Trinidad for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE); Tobago for leisure-based tourism; and Destination Trinidad and Tobago. The short-term strategy for the growth of the MICE…

Overview

Trinidad and Tobago taps business and events, sports and ecotourism
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While less prominent on the international tourism radar than other Caribbean destinations such as Barbados or the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago – particularly the latter island – has been able to capture a share of high-spending tourists from the US, the UK and Canada. Tobago’s smaller economy and natural landscape is more orientated towards leisure tourism than Trinidad, while the larger island…

Country Report

The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020
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The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is located in the southern end of the Caribbean, just off the coast of Venezuela. Its rich and varied heritage lends itself to a vibrant society and cuisine derived from an array of ethnicities and religions. On the back of elevated global oil prices, T&T has gone through a period of rapid economic expansion in recent decades, resulting in higher leve

Chapter

The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2020: Tourism
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With the ingredients of a typical Caribbean sun, sea and sand destination, an ecotourism centre and MICE gathering point, Trinidad and Tobago has significant potential to develop its tourism sector further. After a slow start following the creation of two organisations that will promote the islands as independent but culturally interconnected international destinations, progress is starting to be…

Overview

Diverse offerings: Industry growth projections remain strong, despite challenges
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The Caribbean region has been a hotspot for global tourism since the 1920s, with over 100,000 people visiting the region in the year before the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 20th century Trinidad and Tobago has traditionally relied on hydrocarbons revenues as the primary source of economic growth; however, declining oil prices in the mid-1990s and mid2010s prompted authorities…

Interview

Janelle Commissiong, Chairman, Tourism Trinidad Destination Management Company: Interview
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Interview:Janelle Commissiong How will tourism promotion efforts work towards showcasing each island’s product offering? JANELLE COMMISSIONG: Each island will benefit from the development and marketing of its particular niche markets. Currently, there are around 391,000 foreign arrivals per year in Trinidad and 19,000 in Tobago. With improved sea and air traffic services it will become easier…

Analysis

Rapid growth in Trinidad and Tobago's sports tourism drives economic activity
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Sports tourism has been identified by both the current and previous governments as a potentially lucrative niche market in which Trinidad & Tobago has a distinct competitive advantage. In addition to already regularly hosting an array of athletic activities, including golf, yachting, boating, cricket, horse racing, powerboat racing, tennis, cycling and football, T&T, especially Trinidad,…

Analysis

Trinidad and Tobago's tourism sector benefits from influx of cruise passengers, owing to damage to other ports during Hurricane Maria
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Aided by the country’s natural resources, a strategic geographic location outside the hurricane belt and growing global cruise demand, Trinidad and Tobago’s cruise segment is set gain new importance in coming years. Popular cruise destinations in the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Dominica, the British Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten suffered the worst effects of Hurricane Maria and…

Chapter

The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2018: Tourism
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T&T remains one of the least developed destinations in the Caribbean. Although tourism has not historically been a priority for the government, increased pressure to diversify away from oil and gas has made tourism a viable development alternative. Higher oil prices in 2018 could provide the country with much-needed revenues to amplify diversification efforts. Meanwhile, ongoing efforts to expand source…

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