Airlifting floated during Guyana, Ecuador tourism talks

Irfaan Ali

Acting Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali and his counterpart from Ecuador, Minister Freddy Ehlers, recently held talks on the integration of the two countries’ tourism product, which could see airlifting being introduced through connecting flights in the Carib-bean and South America.

Discussions were held during a visit last month by Ehlers, who paid a courtesy call on Ali and visited the Mangrove Restoration Project site at Victoria, on the East Coast of Demerara, according to a press release from the Tourism Ministry.

Guyana and Ecuador recently signed a Memoran-dum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen political consultations and bilateral ties during a visit by Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration Minister of the