Offices of the T&T tourist board,
TIDCO (Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago, ), located in the US, Canada, UK and T&T, send out information packs on request, which include useful accommodation and calendar of events booklets, as well as glossy promotional pamphlets and sometimes a road map. On the islands their information booths at Crown Point and Piarco airports have friendly, helpful staff. Tobago's main tourist advice centre is at the
Tobago House of Assembly (THA) in Scarborough (tel 868/639-2125 or 4636,
tourbago@tstt.net.tt ).
With some of the best writers of the Caribbean, the local media are an excellent introduction to T&T. The main newspapers include the broadsheet, Trinidad Guardian ( ), the tabloid Express ( ) and Newsday ( ); Tobago boasts only one paper, Tobago News , published on Fridays. Though the islands have two terrestrial TV stations - the main local news slot is at 7pm on TV6 - cable TV is predominant. Radio is hugely popular, with the best stations for conemporary local music being Yes FM, POWER 102, The Vibe (Comedy Tempo) and WE FM .
Websites
There are hundreds of T&T-oriented websites , which differ hugely in style and content, The listings below are for sites with good general content, and lots of links to get you started.
The best T&T Carnival site, with features on everything from mas camps and panyards to music, accommodation and restaurants. Pretty good for visits to Port of Spain, too.
Slick site with extensive content, from live feeds to radio stations, sports, news, music, Carnival, history, listings and loads of Trini titbits. A good place to start.
Huge directory of T&T-related links, organized by category, from academic research and arts and culture to business and economy, and the environment.
Exhaustive directory of T&T-related sites.
Maintained by TIDCO, this is the best all-rounder, with country details, attraction listings, flight information and feature pages on Carnival, soca and calypso, with links to lots of other pertinent sites.
