Beginning today, in observance of Tourism Awareness Month, Sunday Nostalgia will highlight some activities in Guyana’s tourism calendar in years past. The photos are from our archives and were taken by our staff photographers.

Leon Bento, who was only 16 when this photo was taken 10 years ago, lifts a 22-feet anaconda at the Surama zoo. Bento was in charge of two anacondas at the time. Surama , in Region Nine, is now a model for community tourism and is the hometown of Guyana’s Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs. Sydney Allicock.
Then Whitewater Tours Manager Ryan Rahaman, here at age 21, topped all bids at the Bachelor’s Auction put on by the Tourism and Hospitality Association 15 years ago. He was sold for $236, 000.