-part of Tourism Awareness Month activities
As part of its Tourism Awareness Month activities, being celebrated under the theme “Promoting Quality and sustainable Tourism in Guyana,” the Ministry of Tourism Industry and Commerce and the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has launched an enhancement programme to improve the the Kingston Seawall bandstand area.

Minister of Tourism of Tourism Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, planting a tree at the launch of the Kingston Seawall Enhancement programme.

The project, being undertaken by staff of the Ministry and the GTA, includes the repainting of the bandstand, erecting no litter signs, tourism aids, and planting trees.

Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, told media representatives that it is important that surrounding areas are kept clean since tourists are attracted to a litter-free environment.

He said since the country’s tourism product is being promoted along with President Bharrat Jagdeo’s Low Carbon Development Strategy, tourists are visiting and are attracted to Guyana.

Ministry of Tourism and Guyana Tourism Authority staffers sprucing up concrete chairs at the Kingston Seawall bandstand area.

We want to make sure that we have a clean environment. We know that thousands of people use this seawall facility daily, especially the band stand area,” Minister Prashad said.

The Ministry will be playing an active role in continuing the process since it is government’s responsibility to ensure that the city remains clean.

Other stakeholders, he noted, have collaborated and assisted with the project, including Penta Paints, the Mayor and City Council, the National Parks Commission and the National Exhibition Center at Sophia.