Mainstay/Whyaka community gets capacity-building boost

Enhancing capacity to market Guyana’s tourism product is an important preoccupation particularly in indigenous areas and on Saturday, March 11, some 25 residents of Mainstay-Whyaka, including Toshao Joel Fredericks and councillors, participated in a tourism and hospitality training exercise.

Mainstay/Whyaka is an indigenous community some four miles inland from Anna Regina on the Essequibo coast, with a population of approximately 600 people. It is a largely forested area and part of the lake district includes Capoey and Tapakuma.

The initiative, which was executed by the training agency Cerulean Inc, a l