The provisions in the country’s 2014 budget for the tourism sector do not reflect the various official public pronouncements regarding government’s commitment to moving the industry to “an enhanced level of prominence,” Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways and former Head of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana, Gerry Gouveia told Stabroek Business in an interview on Wednesday.
Frankly I’m disappointed and I would be very surprised if my disappointment isn’t shared by other operators in the sector,” Gouveia said.
The entire sector is still waiting for government to invest meaningfully in a marketing initiative designed to aggressively promote Guyana around the world as a viable visitor destination. This is not the first time I’m making this comment. It is for the private sector to invest in creating the tourism infrastructure to cause the
