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(TTTTSA), Airports Security, Piarco Airport Taxi Co-op Services, Subway,
Stechers, Digicel, Rhyner‟s
initiation of production of Meeting Planners‟ Guide towards making the
Trinidad & Tobago Convention Bureau a „one-stop‟ shop for dissemination
of information
installation of signage at Moruga; construction of carat sheds and signage at
the Maracas Waterfall; and completion of lighthouse tower and boundary
safety barrier at the Toco Lighthouse Project under the Community Tourism
Development Programme
94.
Under the Maracas Beach Community Initiative the construction of a new
security guard booth at a cost of $0.179 million; structural engineering survey of the
bridge and fabrication of one hundred and twenty (120) boundary safety bollards were
completed. Works also commenced on the construction of the visitor car park.
95.
The Tourism Action Programme continued with expenditure of $5.1 million being
incurred for continuing physical renovations at all sites. Activities included:
award of contract for rehabilitation of the sewerage treatment plant at Las
Cuevas beach facility
completion of upgrade works to the sewerage treatment plant at a cost of
$0.676 million and the site office upgrade at a cost of $0.141 million at the
Vessigny Beach Facility
upgrade of drainage works at La Brea Pitch Lake, eighty per cent (80%)
completed
resurfacing of the northern portion of car park at Manzanilla Beach Facility
completed and a contract was awarded for partial resurfacing of southern car
park and redesign of visitor seating area
96.
A total allocation of $0.5 million was utilised to continue efforts to ensure
Trinidad and Tobago improve its position as a world class tourism destination.
Professional training and development workshops on protocol and business etiquette,
conflict resolution and first aid training were held through the Caribbean Small Tourism
Enterprise Project (STEP). Additionally, through the Certification of Tourism
Programme Operators programme, the official launch and printing of the TTTIC
Directory was realised. One public consultation on the Bed and Breakfast/Self-catering
facilities standard was hosted.
Development of the Chaguaramas Peninsula
97.
The Chaguaramas Development Authority recorded expenditure of $24.2 million
as it continued projects geared to infrastructural improvements and increased business
activity in the Peninsula.
