Guyana’s tourism product, the Eco-Tour has also been called the Amazon Adventure among local tourism officials and there often appears a reluctance to concede that tourism, as a major money-earner, is yet to catch on in Guyana. Small pockets of mostly intrepid backpackers may possess a romantic attachment to the Amazon Adventure and there will always be a limited but constant stream of takers for Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls, internationally renowned for its ownership of the longest sheer drop of any waterfall anywhere in the world. Regional tourism statistics suggest, however, that the preference among the travellers, the big spenders from the metropolis is still for the sun, sand and sea of the traditional tourist locations of the Caribbean.
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