Trinidadians coming for Crop Over says Jemmott

BARBADOS could see an influx of visitors from Trinidad and Tobago for this year’s Crop Over Festival, as a result of the #CropOverWeGo campaign.

This was partly revealed by Chairman of the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI), Alvin Jemmott, who said that residents of the twin island country were ready to be part of Barbados Sweetest Summer Festival.

“We were in Trinidad in the mist of the Trinidadian Carnival promoting our Crop Over event. I, myself just came back from a separate mission to Trinidad, and I can tell you that the Trinidadians are ready.

“They are going to be here; they love being here in our environment, and so does the rest of the world. The stage has been set, the events are planned and the execution is just around the corner. I believe that this is going to be even bigger than the previous year.”

The BTMI head was at the time addressing the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) press event, with platinum partners of the 2016 Crop Over Festival. This was held at Pure Ocean Restaurant in St. Lawrence Gap.

Amongst those in attendance was Chief Executive Officer of the NCF, Cranston Browne. In his remarks, speaking specifically to the campaign, he too shared that his organisation, over the past months, has been promoting this island’s Festival in the Trinidad and Tobago market.

“We have focused our promotional efforts this year on a regional campaign themed, #CropOverWeGo, centralised around the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, the market for which over the last few years we have seen the largest percentage of Caribbean arrivals to the island for the Festival period. In addition, targeting the Trinidad Carnival market provides a reach to thousands from destination world-wide in one place.