Editing Tobago (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:St. Giles Island - August 2013 (50).JPG|thumb|right|St Giles Island, northernmost part of<br />Trinidad and Tobago, a bird sanctuary]]
[[File:Tobago - August 2013 (1530).JPG|thumb|right|Tobago - August 2013 (1530)]]
[[File:Tobago Cuisine (10).JPG|thumb|right|Tobago Cuisine - Crab and Dumplings]]
[[File:Scarborough Tobago Panorama 2015.jpg|thumb|right|Panoramic shot of Downtown Scarborough, Tobago]]
[[File:Tobago Cuisine (20).JPG|thumb|right|Tobago Cuisine - Pacro Water and Sea Moss drinks]]
[[File:Boccoo2-2005.jpg|thumb|right|Pigeon Point, Tobago.]]
[[File:Artisanal Fishing - Tobago, West Indies.jpg|thumb|Fishing - Tobago, West Indies]]
[[File:Castara village Beach1.jpg|thumb|right|Castara village beach]]
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Tobago's main economy is based on tourism, fishing, and government spending, government spending being the largest. The local governing body, the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), employs 62% of the labor force.

Tourism is still a fledgling industry. Conventional beach and water-sports tourism is largely in the southwest around the airport and the coastal strip. Meanwhile, [[ecotourism]] is growing in significance, much of it focused on the large area of protected forest in the centre and north of the main island and on [[Little Tobago]], a small island off the main island's northeast tip.

The southwestern tourist area around Crown Point, Store Bay, Buccoo Reef, and [[Pigeon Point, Tobago|Pigeon Point]] has large expanses of sand and is dominated by resort-type developments. Tobago has many idyllic beaches along its coastline, especially those at [[Castara]], Bloody Bay, and [[Englishman's Bay]]. Tobago is linked to the world through the [[Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport]] (formerly Crown Point Airport) and Scarborough harbour. Domestic flights connect Tobago with Trinidad, and international flights connect with the Caribbean and Europe. There is a daily fast ferry service between Port of Spain and Scarborough.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Tobago's economy is tightly linked with Trinidad's, which is based on liquefied natural gas (LNG), petrochemicals, and steel. 

=== Diving ===
Tobago is also a popular diving location, since it is the southernmost of the Caribbean islands that have [[coral]] communities. Trinidad, which is further south, has no significant coral because of low [[salinity]] and high silt content, the result of its position close to the mouth of [[Venezuela]]'s [[Orinoco|Orinoco River]]. [[Scuba diving]] on Tobago tends to be centred at [[Speyside, Trinidad and Tobago|Speyside]], almost diametrically across the island from the airport. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

The island has some of the best diving sites in the Caribbean. There are three wrecks located around its shores, but the one usually considered the best is the ''Maverick Ferry'', which used to travel between Trinidad and Tobago. The ferry is {{convert|350|ft|m|abbr=off}} long and has been sunk in {{convert|30|m|ft|abbr=off}} just off Rocky Point, Mt. Irvine. The top of the wreck is at {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=off}}. The wreck has an abundance of marine life, including a {{convert|4|ft|m|adj=mid|abbr=off}} [[Epinephelus itajara|jewfish]], a member of the [[grouper]] family. The wreck was purposely sunk for divers, and so all the doors and windows were removed. The waters around the island are home to many species of tropical fish, [[Batoidea|rays]], sharks, and turtles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/discover-tobago/2016/apr/15/tobagos-spectacular-dive-sites|title=This page has been removed|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

===Golf===
Tobago is home to two golf courses, both of which are open to visitors. The older of the two is Mount Irvine Hotel Golf Course, built in 1968. It was seen throughout the world after hosting the popular golf show "Shell's Wonderful World of Golf". The course is built amongst coconut palms and has a view of the Caribbean Sea from almost every hole. Formerly known as Tobago Plantations Golf Course, the recently renamed Magdalena Grand Hotel & Golf Club was opened in 2001 and has hosted the European Seniors Tour on three occasions. {{citation needed|date=October 2014}}