Over $300M has been budgeted to upgrade venues that will host various events for the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta), to be held here in August this year.
Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, in his budget presentation to the National Assembly yesterday stated that Guyana’s hosting of Carifesta X “is expected to generate much activity for the domestic tourism industry”.
He said that over $300M has been provided for in the budget to upgrade venues for the various Carifesta events.
He declared that Government will also continue to support the industry in targeting the nature based tourist market with emphasis on niche sectors such as yachting, birding and eco-tourism adding that the recent publication of a Brandt Travel Guide devoted to Guyana, its inclusion in Doyle’s yachting guide and Guyana’s recent classification as a country of neo-tropical birding are all expected to promote growth in the sector.
