Cer­ti­fied tour guides in To­ba­go are prepar­ing to hold dis­cus­sions on any pos­si­ble fall­out from on­go­ing ten­sions in­volv­ing the Unit­ed States and Venezuela, as they as­sess how the sit­u­a­tion could af­fect the re­main­der of the tourism sea­son.

William Trim, a re­tired deputy con­ser­va­tor of forests who now works as a tour guide and guide train­er, said mem­bers of the To­ba­go Cer­ti­fied Tour Guide As­so­ci­a­tion were in the process of con­sult­ing ahead of a meet­ing fo­cused on the is­sue.

“We are in the process of con­sult­ing and dis­cussing it among mem­bers to get a wider view as to what are the... if there are any fall­outs, if there are any set­backs as it re­lates to that par­tic­u­lar mat­ter,” Trim said. “And al­so, what can be done, should it turn out to be to be neg­a­tive or very neg­a­tive? How can the sea­son be re­silient? How can things be im­proved?”