Foreign Ministry receives banners for Guyana promotion at embassies

Minister of Public Telecommunications and Tourism Cathy Hughes handing over a poster to An Yin Choo, Head of Diaspora, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while Gerry Gouveia sits at far left. The head table’s backdrop is one of the retractable posters.

Minister of Public Telecommunications and Tourism Catherine Hughes yesterday handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a series of retractable banners, which would be used to promote Guyana at embassies and consulates worldwide.

At the ceremony yesterday morning at her Colgrain House office, Hughes spoke of the role foreign missions have in promoting Guyana’s tourism product and emphasized how important it is that these representatives be well equipped to present this information to the rest of the world.

“…It represents the beginning of a process that will bring fruition to our conviction that Guyana’s foreign missions, wherever they are in the world… have a huge role to play in selling Guyana…Their work and effectiveness would be