Poganizira zonse zaposachedwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pazachuma ndi zokopa alendo, komanso mapulani oyipa ochokera ku Unduna wa Zokopa alendo ku Trinidad ndi Tourism Development Company, zikuwoneka kuti gawo lazokopa alendo ku Tobago likugwa. Popeza kuti chiŵerengero cha anthu okhala ku hotelo ku Tobago tsopano chafika pa 30 peresenti, ndipo pamenepa ndiye pachimake cha nyengo yawo yokopa alendo, pali chifukwa chowopsa. Pokhapokha ngati kukhazikika kwachuma kwa eni mahotela a Tobago ndi makampani okopa alendo ndi otsimikizika ngati imfa, anthu a ku Tobagonia akupita kunthawi zovuta kwambiri zomwe zingapangitse kuti moyo ukhale wovuta.
Ndikofunikira kuti oyang'anira zokopa alendo akwaniritse mwachangu. Ndi njira yolakwika komanso yodziwononga ya "Fantasy Island" poyesa kuika Trinidad ngati likulu la bizinesi ndi misonkhano ya ku Caribbean, kodi izi zikuchoka kuti ku Tobago? Kodi chikuchitika chiyani kuti achepetse zosowa zanthawi yomweyo za anthu ambiri a ku Tobagonia omwe amadalira zokopa alendo kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo wawo komanso kuteteza bizinesi yamahotela kuti isagwe? Malonjezo abodza akale ndi mfundo zosagonja za Tourism Development Company (TDC) sizingavomerezedwenso.
Malinga ndi chikalata chomwe chatulutsidwa kumene ndi bungwe la United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), "kuchepa kwachuma kwapadziko lonse komwe kudayimitsa kukula kwa ntchito zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi mu 2008, tsopano kukuwopseza kuti asintha zomwe zachitika zaka zinayi zomwe bizinesiyo idachita paulendo wakunja." Samalani oyang'anira zokopa alendo, izi UNWTO Bungwe ndi bungwe lodalirika komanso lovomerezeka. Akadatero, ntchito zokopa alendo za ku Tobago sizikanakhala chipwirikiti nthawi zonse.
"Kugwa kwa misika yazachuma, kukwera kwakukulu kwamitengo yamafuta ndi mafuta komanso kusinthasintha kwakusinthana kwamitengo kuphatikizira kutsika ndi gawo limodzi mwamaulendo apadziko lonse m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuyambira Julayi, zomwe zikuyembekezeka kupitilira mu 2009," UNWTO adatero. Lipotilo likuneneratu kuti kupitirirabe kapena kutsika kwa chaka chino ndi kupitirira apo, koma linanena kuti kusatsimikizika kwakukulu kwachuma kumapangitsa kulosera za maulendo apadziko lonse kukhala ovuta.
Unduna wa zokopa alendo ku Trinidad and Tourism Development Company ukunena kuti ntchito zokopa alendo zamalonda zikuchulukirachulukira padziko lonse lapansi. Kachiŵirinso ku chiwonongeko cha Tobago, zowona zenizeni monga zalongosoledwa ndi UN zikukanidwa ndi kunyalanyazidwa. Ulendo sungathe kupita patsogolo ndi kulingalira ndi kukonzekera kwa "Fantasy Island".
Ndikoyenera kuzindikira ziyembekezo zenizeni za UN za “kubwerera m’mbuyo kwa zokopa alendo m’zaka zinayi zapitazi.” Ngati Trinidad's Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Development Company ikugwirizana ndi zenizeni zomwe zikuchitika m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, ndipo, makamaka, bizinesi, sakanatsata njira yawo yoyendera bizinesi chifukwa mabizinesi onse ndi m'njira zazikulu zochepetsera. Boma liyenera kumvetsetsa kuti ndi momwe zilili pamavuto omwewo.
Akuluakulu oyendera alendo ayenera kusiya malingaliro awo a "Fantasy Island" ndikukonzekera. Miyoyo ya anthu imadalira gawo logwira ntchito komanso lokhazikika la zokopa alendo. Tobago sangathenso kulekerera kuwononga kwa TDC misonkho pa njira zomwe sizingathandize pano kapena mtsogolo. Tobago ikufunika yankho lomwe libweretse bata ku zokopa alendo. Ndizosavomerezeka kunena kuti ili ndi vuto lapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo palibe chomwe chingachitike, china chake chingachitike, koma osati zokopa alendo.
Monga United States of America, kusintha kuyenera kubwera ku dipatimenti yathu yoyendera alendo.
