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Door of covid and the impact it has had on tourism which has decimated tourism here but you know for a long time, we are talking in barbados about diversifying the economy. 40% of your gdp is from tourism which is much higher than the average for the whole caribbean region which is about 17%. 40% of yourjobs are on tourism, you have known this for a long time, you need to diversify. that's exactly what we are trying to do. remember i inherited a government at or 50 years people talked about diversification but as usual it is when a woman turns up she has to do the job! let's get to it. barbado...

0bviously that has been decimated here but you have known for a long time prime minister and they've been talking in barbados about diversifying the economy. 40% of your gdp is from tourism. i am coming to that. which is much higher than the average for the whole caribbean region which is about 17%. 40% of yourjobs are tourism. you have known this for a long time, you need to diversify. and that is exactly what we're trying to do. remember i've inherited a government that for 40 or 50 years peole talked about diversification. but as usual, it's when a woman turns up, she has to do it. so let's...

At the door of covid. ——but you're laying all the problems at the door of the covid crisis and the impact it has had on tourism. obviously that has been decimated here but you have known for a long time prime minister and they've been talking in barbados about diversifying the economy. and i'm coming to that. 40% of your gdp is from tourism. i am coming to that. which is much higher than the average for the whole caribbean region which is about 17%. 40% of yourjobs are tourism. you have known this for a long time, you need to diversify. and that is exactly what we're trying to do. remember...

Years peole talked about diversification. but as usual, it's when a woman turns up, she has to do it. so let's get to it. barbados will never be able to compete with high volume low value manufacturing. we need to go after high—value manufacturing and we need to go after research. but you need to grow what you eat. i am coming to that. you are coming to everything when i say it. 80% of the food consumed in barbados is imported. you need to produce what you consume. and that is exactly what we have been doing. but you can't produce food without water. what have we been doing? the government h...