Soca gets $1.1M, Chutney Soca $1.3M

She made this disclosure in response to a question in the House of Representatives.

Also in the House, Tobago East MP Ayanna Webster-Roy, delivering a response on behalf of Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe, said, Tobago received 52 cruise ship visits in from October 2015 to May 2016 compared to 45 visits from October 2014 to May 2015.

Webster-Roy also said passenger arrivals in Tobago from October 2015 to May 2016 was 72,529 persons compared to 56, 134 persons from October 2014 to May 2015.

She said this figure represented a 29 percent year on year increase.