TIDCO tweaks tourism goals

She cited TT as an example, noting that while there is the typical sun, sea and sand, it has a differentiated tourism product because of its culture and the energy of the island.

“If we benchmark with Malaysia which has had about 2 million visitors, it is the same kind of package they are selling — the culture and multi-cultural experience.” TIDCO is bent on tweaking its tourism goals. “Since we are looking at promoting our culture and eco-tourism, it means that we will not be building the 200-room hotels, but more eco-lodges and more environmentally stable-types of development,” she says. Additionally, she said they are also trying to work on improving the local transportation networks and increasing the number of air and sea ports.