Guyana wins regional tourism body’s ‘Destination Stewardship Award’

From left are Melanie McTurk, of Karanambu Lodge, and Carla James, Deputy Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, who are displaying the awards that were conferred on Thursday during the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (GTA photo)

Guyana was awarded the Destination Stewardship Award by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) during the Carib-bean Sustainable Tourism Awards on Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday announced the conferral of the award, which took place during a ceremony at the Caribbean Sustainable Development Conference.

“We are extremely honoured to have received this award. Guyana, through the work of the Guyana Tourism Authority and its partners, has expended considerable effort in recent years to incorporate sustainable tourism best practice into all aspects of its tourism strategy, policy, planning and programming,” Carla James, Deputy Director of the GTA, who was present at the event, was quoted as saying in a GTA media release yesterday.