Wednesday, February 13, 2008

ONLY 20 THOUSAND?

In Monday's edition of the Express, Peter Christopher told us that 20,000 people "commuted to and from the country on (Caribbean Airlines) every day from January 28 to Ash Wednesday...".
Well Christopher, that piece seemed like a PR article for CA.
Wouldn't it have been better to give an overall picture, even at the end of your article, of how many visitors came into the country?
That information could have been requested from the tourism ministry or the Airports Authority.
We have several other airlines servicing Trinidad and Tobago and the outside world, including airlines in the Caribbean, so we did not get a true picture from your article of the actual number of people who came into the country via the various airlines.

You also could have given some comparison on last year's arrivals via Caribbean Airlines (and tourism figures) to let your readers know whether there was an increase or decrease of visitors for the festival.