ALL eyes are on Destination Guyana after the country was nominated to be the World’s Leading Sustainable Destination (2024) by the World Sustainable Travel and Hospitality Awards.
Locals could help Guyana secure this award by simply visiting the World Sustainable Travel and Hospitality Awards website, registering and casting a vote. The voting process is expected to close on August 2, 2024.
The World Sustainable Travel and Hospitality Awards’ objective is to recognise, celebrate, and share the stories of individuals and organisations that are accelerating change and making an impact in sustainable travel and tourism.
It was launched at COP28 in Dubai, and it is the sister programme of World Travel Awards, established in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in travel.

Further, it aims to encourage every organisation, in every sector of travel, to have a net positive impact and best practices to safeguard communities and destinations.
Notably, Guyana has been making waves on the frontline of tourism, as the country possesses natural treasures that are placing it second to none.
On that note, President, Dr Irfaan Ali has said that Guyana is more than just its iconic Kaieteur Falls.
At a recent event, Dr Ali said he believes that the beauty of the largest single-drop waterfall in the world can be found at every corner.
The Head of State, while highlighting some of the jewels that can be found in the treasure trove by just travelling a mere two hours outside of Georgetown, firmly established the point that tourism in Guyana is affordable.
“We have to build this brand, Guyana, and speak in a collective voice about how much we love this brand, Guyana,” he said, further noting that Guyanese need to start celebrating who they are as a people, and the leadership the country could provide to the world when it comes to the environment and climate change.

“We can lead the world in the way we have managed our environment; on the way we have approached climate change and what our forest offers the world. And we always have to remind ourselves that this is the position we must start from,” he said.
President Ali said: “Many times we hear how expensive it is to visit tourism locations in Guyana, because we have a fixation that tourism is Kaieteur Falls, or we have a fixation that tourism is [the] Kanuku Mountains. Yes, that’s a big part of tourism, but we have some beautiful facilities within two hours of the city that are mind-blowing; that can rival any other facility of a similar nature, globally.”
Guyana has continued to make its mark in the tourism industry, and a recent example of this is the fact that the nation copped the Destination of the Year in the Ecological Tourism category in March.
This was according to the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) at its International Travel Awards 2024 at the International Tourism Exchange in Berlin.