Mayaro/Rio Claro Regional Corporation

5 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 will make the area more attractive to visitors. A local economic development committee was recently formed to aid in establishing a community economic action plan. Part of that plan includes lobbying the Ministry of Tourism to get funding for beach facilities. “Our shores, with all these miles of beach, there aren’t beach facilities,” Cozier explains. “That’s really one of the negatives that we are working on because when people come to our shores, it’s imperative that we have these facilities to allow people to have some privacy.” Another project they are hoping to start soon is the development of a food strip along the Plaisance Strip leading to the beach front. “We aim to deliver value-for-money services to uphold a keen standard and aesthetic environment for our tourists,” Cozier says. “The food strip will create economic opportunities and attract more tourists to our shores.”