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The In­no­v­a­tive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Al­liance (IDA) has is­sued a strong call for im­me­di­ate ac­tion to pro­tect To­ba­go’s tourism in­dus­try fol­low­ing the U.S. State De­part­ment’s Lev­el 3 trav­el ad­vi­so­ry is­sued on May 7, 2025.

The ad­vi­so­ry warns trav­ellers to “re­con­sid­er trav­el” to Trinidad and To­ba­go due to se­ri­ous risks from crime, as well as height­ened risks of ter­ror­ism and kid­nap­ping.

The IDA ex­pressed deep con­cern over the dis­pro­por­tion­ate im­pact such ad­vi­sories have on To­ba­go’s econ­o­my, which heav­i­ly re­lies on tourism. They ar­gue that To­ba­go is of­ten un­fair­ly af­fect­ed by se­cu­ri­ty is­sues pri­mar­i­ly as­so­ci­at­ed with Trinidad.