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THE Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the local private sector is hosting an International Tourism Expo in New York (NY), and in Canada, the latter in conjunction with the Guyana High Commission. The companies on board for this project include Fly Jamaica, New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation Inc., (GPC), Banks DIH Ltd, Edward Beharry, Sterling Products, CGX, and Mohamed’s Enterprises.
On Monday, GPC’s Marketing Manager Trevor Bassoo handed over a cheque valued US$5,000, while Director of Fly Jamaica, Ms. Patricia Reece presented a US$2,500 cheque to the director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth Haralsingh towards the event.
The aim of this expo is to showcase Guyana’s tourism potential, and to give local companies exposure to the wider market, which is readily available for Guyana’s products and its services. It is also an effort to create opportunities for these companies, to promote their products, at a common location in developing business relationships with other entities. This will further expand their business capacity. This project also allows local tour operators to visit these two important venues to collaborate with travel agents, and to promote Guyana and its tourism products so that the country can benefit from a Diaspora market.
Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali who witnessed the presentation ceremony, highlighted that there were constant meetings with various stakeholders in the tourism sector, including tour operators, travel agents and leaders within the Diaspora, and a constant suggestion from the stakeholders during these meeting was that the Ministry should create an initiative to promote the local private sector internationally.
He added that this is one of the main reasons why the Ministry decided to collaborate with the private sector to host this event. The International Trade and Tourism Expo will be held in Toronto, Canada on June 23 and 24 and in New York from June 28 to 30 under the ‘Rediscover Home’ programme that was launched last year. The main purpose of this programme is to target the potential of the tourism market in the country’s Diaspora, both in New York and Canada.
Bassoo said that this is a great opportunity for Guyana to showcase its produce on an international scale that will boost the tourism sector. The expo will allow overseas-based Guyanese who may not have visited Guyana in a long time and foreigners, who may not have been familiar with Guyana and what it has to offer, to see the developments, and improvement in the products that it now offers.
Ms. Reece also highlighted that this project will greatly benefit Guyana in numerous ways. Fly Jamaica is expected to start its service from Guyana by the end of June, 2013.
On Monday, GPC’s Marketing Manager Trevor Bassoo handed over a cheque valued US$5,000, while Director of Fly Jamaica, Ms. Patricia Reece presented a US$2,500 cheque to the director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth Haralsingh towards the event.
The aim of this expo is to showcase Guyana’s tourism potential, and to give local companies exposure to the wider market, which is readily available for Guyana’s products and its services. It is also an effort to create opportunities for these companies, to promote their products, at a common location in developing business relationships with other entities. This will further expand their business capacity. This project also allows local tour operators to visit these two important venues to collaborate with travel agents, and to promote Guyana and its tourism products so that the country can benefit from a Diaspora market.
Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali who witnessed the presentation ceremony, highlighted that there were constant meetings with various stakeholders in the tourism sector, including tour operators, travel agents and leaders within the Diaspora, and a constant suggestion from the stakeholders during these meeting was that the Ministry should create an initiative to promote the local private sector internationally.
He added that this is one of the main reasons why the Ministry decided to collaborate with the private sector to host this event. The International Trade and Tourism Expo will be held in Toronto, Canada on June 23 and 24 and in New York from June 28 to 30 under the ‘Rediscover Home’ programme that was launched last year. The main purpose of this programme is to target the potential of the tourism market in the country’s Diaspora, both in New York and Canada.
Bassoo said that this is a great opportunity for Guyana to showcase its produce on an international scale that will boost the tourism sector. The expo will allow overseas-based Guyanese who may not have visited Guyana in a long time and foreigners, who may not have been familiar with Guyana and what it has to offer, to see the developments, and improvement in the products that it now offers.
Ms. Reece also highlighted that this project will greatly benefit Guyana in numerous ways. Fly Jamaica is expected to start its service from Guyana by the end of June, 2013.
