Sixty per cent of tourist arrivals are returning Guyanese

Dr Keith Nurse

Nationals of Guyana and Suriname residing away from home account for more than 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in their respective home countries, which  numbers are among the highest in Caricom territories according to an article published in the October 3 issue of the Barbados Business Monday.

Nationals of Jamaica and the Dominican Republic account for between 15 per cent  of tourism receipts according to the article headlined ‘Diaspora helping to drive regional economy’.