Tobago’s tourism/Carnival funding cut for 2027

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

The Gov­ern­ment’s al­lo­ca­tion for the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly’s (THA) Tourism and Hos­pi­tal­i­ty Sec­tor sup­port pro­gramme has been re­duced by 80 per cent for 2027, while sev­er­al tourism-re­lat­ed en­ti­ties linked to To­ba­go Car­ni­val have al­so re­ceived low­er al­lo­ca­tions.

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How­ev­er, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dave Tan­coo yes­ter­day as­sured Par­lia­ment that or­gan­i­sa­tions in­volved in To­ba­go Car­ni­val would con­tin­ue to re­ceive ad­e­quate fund­ing.