Carnival stakeholders are expressing concerns that Trinidad-styled carnivals overseas will become more popular than the original if the country does not properly invest in the festival and there continues to be no proper data collection system.
Speaking during the panel discussion, Re-engineering the Economics of Carnival for Sustainability, at Central Bank Auditorium, Independence Square on Wednesday, president of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Nurse, said nothing could be managed if there was no measurement.
“We talk about living in a knowledge economy and in a knowledge age but if you’re actually not collecting data and capturing data on something so important to us, it means basically you are being left behind by the world.
“In a strange way we all cherish (Carnival) but we’re not investing in it from a strategic standpoint because, in effect, we view this as an event, as a party, as a really good time, but not as an industry.” Read More
Souza, J. D. (2023, September 30). Stakeholders call for systematic documentation of Carnival - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Newsday.co.tt. https://newsday.co.tt/2023/09/30/stakeholders-call-for-systematic-documentation-of-carnival/
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