FORMER president of the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA) Rene Seepersadsingh believes there must be significant collaboration between the private sector and central government to bring tourist arrivals to the island back to where it used to be more than a decade ago.

During the launch of Unicomer Ltd’s Courts Business Solutions showroom at the Gulf City Mall, Lowlands, Tobago, on August 8, THTA president Reginald MacClean claimed that international tourist arrivals to the island had dropped by 70 per cent.

He recalled when Tobago recorded 90,000-plus arrivals during the 1980s and into the early 2,000’s.