Carnival in the City!

Carnival is definitely one of the main attractions of Trinidad and Tobago generating a great amount of revenue for the country’s tourism industry. This event took place on the 3^rd and 4^th March of this year and is celebrated nationwide with the main action occurring in the City of Port of Spain (P.O.S). However, this photo shows carnival in the City of San Fernando, the 2^nd largest city in Trinidad and Tobago. (As unfortunately I was unable to attend carnival in P.O.S)

 Nevertheless, Carnival in both cities are celebrated with the same concept of the usual masqueraders revelling the streets while party goers and spectators are enjoying the show. Trinidad and Tobago is a multicultural/ cosmopolitan society where there is the mixture of people of many races and ethnicities. On this occasion everyone gathers and partake in this cultural event that takes place on a large scale in the major cities.

Through the years, culture has played a major part in the economy of the city as it has become 'increasingly central to economic change in the city.' Therefore culture is being used to generate revenue and a prime example of this is Carnival (Hall 2012).

This has been a major contribution to urban tourism in the city as it attracts people from around the globe as they come to experience one of the ‘greatest shows on earth’. Thus, in the city of P.O.S, a certain standard of development is required as there is a great influx of international tourists. Therefore, Carnival has played a major role in some of the infrastructure in the city as prime hotels such as Capital Plaza and Hyatt Regency were built to accommodate these tourists as well as business tourists in the city and this will be looked at further in depth in another entry. 

Here is a link for a better insight of Modern day Carnival in P.O.S

 References

Hall,T. 2012. Urban Geography 4th Edition. New York: Routledge.