Cabinet must understand this move to push Tobago passengers through international processing at Piarco International Airport cannot work, it is a blunt, backdoor attempt to suppress demand for the airbridge and reduce the subsidy to Caribbean Airlines, but it does so by punishing the very citizens and businesses that sustain Tobago’s economy; adding time, friction, and inconvenience to what should be a seamless domestic trip will kill spontaneity, reduce short stay travel, and choke off revenue to small operators, all while gambling that the unreliable ferry system run by Trinidad and Tobago Inter Island Transportation Company Limited can absorb the shift, this is not strategy, it is displacement, and the net effect will be fewer journeys, declining tourism spend, and a slower Tobago economy, so instead of engineering inconvenience to manage subsidies, fix the inefficiencies in both air and sea bridges and protect ease of movement as a national economic priority.
Gordon Laughlin
Westmoorings
