Lengthier Fairview airstrip can boost Iwokrama tourism – President

The completion of the Fairview Aerodrome in Region Nine will result in easier access to the Iwokrama Rainforest Project which will be a great boost for the tourism industry in the hinterland, President David Granger has said.

Speaking last Friday on the Ministry of the Presidency’s programme, “The Public Interest,” Granger repeatedly emphasised his desire to see the area turned into an economic, educational and environmental hub which will not only be of great benefit to young people but which will put Guyana on the map.

The President visited Iwokrama recently and he said a part of the purpose of the visit was not only to learn more about the