The To­ba­go Ho­tel and Tourism As­so­ci­a­tion (TH­TA) is re­as­sur­ing all vis­i­tors, mem­bers and part­ners of To­ba­go, that the is­land "is still a safe and wel­com­ing des­ti­na­tion."

In a me­dia re­lease by the as­so­ci­a­tion as­sured that they were ready to work with the au­thor­i­ties in or­der to en­sure the safe­ty of To­ba­go.

"T.H.T.A stands ready to work along­side the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly – Di­vi­sion of Tourism, Cul­ture, An­tiq­ui­ties and Trans­porta­tion and the To­ba­go Tourism Agency Ltd (TTAL) to show sup­port, col­lab­o­ra­tion and com­mit­ment to re­in­forc­ing that To­ba­go – our tran­quil par­adise re­mains a safe and wel­com­ing des­ti­na­tion.

The TH­TA al­so ac­knowl­edged that the re­cent im­ple­men­ta­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SOE), "re­flects the Gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to ad­dress­ing the con­cern­ing num­ber of crimes tak­ing place in our twin is­land state and to en­sur­ing the gen­er­al pub­lic’s safe­ty."

The re­lease em­pha­sised that the safe­ty of vis­i­tors, mem­bers and stake­hold­ers con­tin­ues to be a pri­or­i­ty dur­ing this time. They al­so re­mind­ed that all ho­tels, vil­las, bed and break­fasts, tour op­er­a­tors, restau­rants and bars, re­main open and ready to of­fer vis­i­tors "our warm hos­pi­tal­i­ty, un­for­get­table and idyl­lic ex­pe­ri­ences that our par­adise of­fers."