Gov’t to assist in expansion of Karanambu Lodge – Ali

President Donald Ramotar and Executive Director of Karanambu Trust and Lodge Diane McTurk (second from right) holding the Caribbean Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Award that her lodge won at the recent Sustainable Tourism Conference in Trinidad and Tobago. Also in photo are Minister of Tourism (ag) Irfaan Ali, and Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority Indranauth Haralsingh (Government Information Agency photo)

The government, through the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), will be will be working to develop the infrastructure of the Karanambu Lodge, which President Donald Ramotar last week hailed as a pioneer of sustainable development.

Acting Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali announced the initiative during a courtesy call by Executive Director of the Karanambu Lodge, Diane McTurk, at the Office of the President (OP) last Tuesday.

President Ramotar met with McTurk to congratulate her on winning the