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Take a look at this essential guide for a nice vacation in both Trinidad and Tobago written by Caribbean expert, Fred Mawer!

Best for: The beach, romance, families, watersports, partying, nature, escapism.

"The two parts of this twin-island nation in many ways couldn’t be more different. Trinidad, multicultural heartland of the southern Caribbean, is busy, developed and partly industrialised. Port of Spain, its cosmopolitan capital, lays on the Caribbean’s largest and wildest carnival – an amazing spectacle and an intense experience. Trinidad has some of the world’s best birdwatching, notably in the rainforest at the Asa Wright Nature Centre (where you can stay), and the Caroni Bird Sanctuary swamp, a roosting spot for thousands of scarlet ibises.

For a laid-back beach holiday, go to Tobago instead. A fraction of the size of its big brother and largely unspoilt, it has lovely, golden-sand beaches, along with characterful fishing villages and protected rainforest. The diving is outstanding, especially near Speyside, and Tobago also has an impressively abundant and varied avian population, best spotted in the rainforest and on Little Tobago, a seabird sanctuary."

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Ministry of Tourism Streams Live Tourism Television - April 18th, 2011

Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Tourism will usher in a new era in Trinidad and Tobago’s tourism sector with the debut of Tourism Television on April 19, 2011.

Streaming live via the worldwide web at www.tourism.gov.tt, the first instalment of Tourism Television will feature a Tourism Breakfast Morning seminar hosted by the Ministry of Tourism at the Leon Agostini Conference Hall, Chamber Building, Columbus Circle, Westmoorings.

Minister of Tourism Dr the Honourable Rupert Griffith, will be the featured speaker at the interactive seminar which is aimed at raising tourism awareness within the business community and increasing support for the industry.

Also delivering speeches at the seminar will be His Excellency Malay Mishra, the Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and Ms Catherine Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

Following the presentation by Minister Griffith, which will focus on the government’s new vision for the tourism sector, investment incentives that will regulate the sector and new marketing and public relations plans that will drive increased visitor arrivals, there will be question and answer session.

The live streaming of Tourism Television can be accessed at www.tourism.gov.tt on April 19.