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Berbice can become major tourism destination – GTA director

Head of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth Haralsingh said the agency is willing to explore the potential of promoting tourism in Berbice by working along with the private sector, in an exclusive interview with Guyana Times.

GTA Director: Indranauth Haralsingh

GTA Director:
Indranauth Haralsingh

Haralsingh is encouraging corporate businesses to invest in the development of the Number 63 Beach. However, he said government must play its part if the business sector is to make an impact in the further development on the facility, and by extension, make Berbice a major tourism destination.

“There are numerous opportunities for the private sector to invest, but we do not have things like fresh water. While this is an opportunity for private investment, it is also an area where the regional administration could look into. I once spoke with the regional chairman for him to see if he can get the Ministry of Public Works to see if they could improve the access to the beach in terms of the Number 63 and 60 entrances.”

He said the Number 63 Beach was only one of several opportunities for investment in the tourism industry in Berbice. “Berbice has a number of famous people from Cheddi Jagan to Edgar Mettelholzser and so many famous cricketers along with a number of other people. Bird watching is also possible. Berbice is famous for a few water falls.”

Indranauth noted that there are also tremendous opportunities for fishing in Berbice, which is referred to as the Ancient County.  One of the unexplored areas of opportunity is that of site trips to famous places and the homes of famous people in Berbice.

“Cuffy came from Berbice and this year we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the slave rebellion which was led by Cuffy. A few days ago, we celebrated the 175th anniversary on the arrival of the first East Indian immigrants to Guyana and Highbury stands out; it is the first place where they set foot on the shores of the then British Guiana. It is a very historic place. People will love to go on tours. You could actually take people on a pilgrimage.”

Indranauth said there is also great scope for agro-tourism in Berbice, noting that Berbice is home to the four top sugar estates in the country.  He also noted that rice and cash crops have great potential for tourism in the region. There is also a wide scope for river trips at places like Fort Nassau, while certain villages could be places of interest to visit.

“The Berbice Bridge is the sixth longest floating bridge in the world and many people will like to come and cross the bridge and take photographs of themselves on the bridge. There is also a rich culture in Berbice… so Berbice has potential and there are many opportunities for entrepreneurs. Sadly though, Berbice only has one tour operator.” That tour operator only provides trips to the Upper Corentyne, Indranauth noted.

He said GTA can work to help develop capacity, but it needs to work with entrepreneurs who see the opportunity. These opportunities are great since more that 70 per cent of persons who arrive at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport are going to Berbice.

 

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go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

FM

Berbice has a number of famous people from Cheddi Jagan to Edgar Mettelholzser and so many famous cricketers along with a number of other people. 

Who want to see dead people?  

Ok, no wise crack from my comment!  

FM
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

A walkway will encourage people to commit suicide. Jagdeo was a thoughtful man not to provide a walkway.  

FM

most of Berbice will be boring for tourists...only those going back to their villages and towns really enjoy themselves...otherwise, nothing much to see

 

maybe wan stray dawg or 2 walkin round lookin fuh food

FM
Originally Posted by raymond:

most of Berbice will be boring for tourists...only those going back to their villages and towns really enjoy themselves...otherwise, nothing much to see

 

maybe wan stray dawg or 2 walkin round lookin fuh food

Name names pls

cain

Prince will we tell these Tourist the Truth about the thiefing that went on at the Skeldon Factory in Berbice????

 

Prince when the Tourist come to the Broken Roads that needs Fixing....

should we tell the Tourist.....

Persident Ramotar Promised Berbicians to fix it after Elections.....

 

but like all Promises made to Berbice....

they did not get around to them yet....

Or should we hide the Truth?????? 

FM
Originally Posted by Jalil:

Prince will we tell these Tourist the Truth about the thiefing that went on at the Skeldon Factory in Berbice????

 

Prince when the Tourist come to the Broken Roads that needs Fixing....

should we tell the Tourist.....

Persident Ramotar Promised Berbicians to fix it after Elections.....

 

but like all Promises made to Berbice....

they did not get around to them yet....

Or should we hide the Truth?????? 

Skeldon new estate certainly would be a tourist attraction. A tour would show how to steal poor people money and be bareface about it. And another thing, show how stupid Berbicians are. They are not intelligent enough to sit on GUYSUCO BOARD. All dem Town men who know how to tief are the appointees. And since the time of the great leader of the poor people-C.B. Jagan the Great.

S
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

The cost of building the bridge and the low amount of traffic dictates the price of the toll as per the agreement with the investors.  This bridge is not a charity, it would not have been built without the investors.  Had the traffic flow been the amount at the GW bridge then maybe the toll would be 50cents instead of $11US. 

FM
Originally Posted by raymond:

most of Berbice will be boring for tourists...only those going back to their villages and towns really enjoy themselves...otherwise, nothing much to see

 

maybe wan stray dawg or 2 walkin round lookin fuh food

Are you kidding me, Berbice has a lots of tourist potential - I am sure tourist would pay top dollar to see the most expensive bridge in the world where resident has to work for almost two days, tie them belly and eat somotoo to save money for crossing. Also the gratest attraction, the famos white elephant sugar factory where folks line up, for the past ten years starve themselves, even s-elect the ceo Rumoutar to president to see the day when it will make a quantam mechanic leap and surpass albion sugar production. They say it eats US dollars for tea, breakfos and dinnar...but the faithful inbreeds say it will come to pass just like the second comming of Chirst... 

sachin_05
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

No walkway will not deter tourists from going to Berbice.

Chief
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

The cost of building the bridge and the low amount of traffic dictates the price of the toll as per the agreement with the investors.  This bridge is not a charity, it would not have been built without the investors.  Had the traffic flow been the amount at the GW bridge then maybe the toll would be 50cents instead of $11US. 

bullshit. The bridge could be built for less at the turn on the river at the old bauxite terminal. It had less than a quarter of a mile to go.

 

Also, the Guyanese people paid the most money into this scheme. Further, NIS funded a portion. The crooks "owning" benefited at our expense.

FM
Originally Posted by Danyael:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

The cost of building the bridge and the low amount of traffic dictates the price of the toll as per the agreement with the investors.  This bridge is not a charity, it would not have been built without the investors.  Had the traffic flow been the amount at the GW bridge then maybe the toll would be 50cents instead of $11US. 

bullshit. The bridge could be built for less at the turn on the river at the old bauxite terminal. It had less than a quarter of a mile to go.

 

Also, the Guyanese people paid the most money into this scheme. Further, NIS funded a portion. The crooks "owning" benefited at our expense.

 

There was a feasibility study done by international agencies and the final decision was determined to build the bridge where it is today. You from your armchair in the west are telling us that you know better than the engineers and experts that did the feasibility study?

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

The cost of building the bridge and the low amount of traffic dictates the price of the toll as per the agreement with the investors.  This bridge is not a charity, it would not have been built without the investors.  Had the traffic flow been the amount at the GW bridge then maybe the toll would be 50cents instead of $11US. 

bullshit. The bridge could be built for less at the turn on the river at the old bauxite terminal. It had less than a quarter of a mile to go.

 

Also, the Guyanese people paid the most money into this scheme. Further, NIS funded a portion. The crooks "owning" benefited at our expense.

 

There was a feasibility study done by international agencies and the final decision was determined to build the bridge where it is today. You from your armchair in the west are telling us that you know better than the engineers and experts that did the feasibility study?

so, once an international agency say to do something, then they know better?

FM
Originally Posted by raymond:
 

so, once an international agency say to do something, then they know better?

I let the experts decide, not know it alls from their arm chair. Would you go to a bush doctor for financial advice or Goldman Sachs?

FM
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:
Originally Posted by BGurd_See:
Originally Posted by Danyael:

go stand on the bridge and become a run over tourist. There is no pedestrian walkway. That is the most onerous design for a bridge ever. It was concerned mainly with filling the pockets of the PPP crooks. It is clearly the most costly bridge per car. At 11 dollars a day the average Guyanese on minimum wage  has to work one day and a half to pay the toll.

The cost of building the bridge and the low amount of traffic dictates the price of the toll as per the agreement with the investors.  This bridge is not a charity, it would not have been built without the investors.  Had the traffic flow been the amount at the GW bridge then maybe the toll would be 50cents instead of $11US. 

bullshit. The bridge could be built for less at the turn on the river at the old bauxite terminal. It had less than a quarter of a mile to go.

 

Also, the Guyanese people paid the most money into this scheme. Further, NIS funded a portion. The crooks "owning" benefited at our expense.

 

There was a feasibility study done by international agencies and the final decision was determined to build the bridge where it is today. You from your armchair in the west are telling us that you know better than the engineers and experts that did the feasibility study?

That was a mistake. Time will show u the effects.

S
Originally Posted by seignet:
 
 

That was a mistake. Time will show u the effects.

Based on your opinion or which scientific study?  I hear a lot of different opinions but none seem to consider that the govt took the proper steps of conducting a feasibility study, a must in any large project. The Louis Berger Group, an internationally respected engineering consulting firm, which conducted the study recommed the bride to be a floating type at its current location.  Even Ramjattan and Nagamootoo were in agreement with the govt action to accept the recommendations of the Louis Berger Group.  Which responsible govt would go against the recommendations of a respected consulting firm?

FM
Originally Posted by seignet:

U know how much mud flows up and down that river! Crab Island is pure mud, if not for the trees it would have washed away.

Crab Island is no longer an Island. The silt has now blocked the channel and linked it to the Fort Ordinance shore.  There are reefs that are close to  where the bridge pontoons are anchored. They are impeding the flow and as such the silt is fast accumulating. This, in time, will affect the drag of the cargo ships and more so the ocean going vessels.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by seignet:

U know how much mud flows up and down that river! Crab Island is pure mud, if not for the trees it would have washed away.

If you have information that the Louis Berger Group didn't take into consideration, I suggest you take it up with them. I defer to their expertise.

FM
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by seignet:

U know how much mud flows up and down that river! Crab Island is pure mud, if not for the trees it would have washed away.

Crab Island is no longer an Island. The silt has now blocked the channel and linked it to the Fort Ordinance shore.  There are reefs that are close to  where the bridge pontoons are anchored. They are impeding the flow and as such the silt is fast accumulating. This, in time, will affect the drag of the cargo ships and more so the ocean going vessels.

So, what is it now? Ever think of mother nature playing its role on the Island?

FM
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by seignet:

U know how much mud flows up and down that river! Crab Island is pure mud, if not for the trees it would have washed away.

Crab Island is no longer an Island. The silt has now blocked the channel and linked it to the Fort Ordinance shore.  There are reefs that are close to  where the bridge pontoons are anchored. They are impeding the flow and as such the silt is fast accumulating. This, in time, will affect the drag of the cargo ships and more so the ocean going vessels.

So, what is it now? Ever think of mother nature playing its role on the Island?

Bhai, kindergaten geography: What do you call a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water?

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by Prince:
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
Originally Posted by seignet:

U know how much mud flows up and down that river! Crab Island is pure mud, if not for the trees it would have washed away.

Crab Island is no longer an Island. The silt has now blocked the channel and linked it to the Fort Ordinance shore.  There are reefs that are close to  where the bridge pontoons are anchored. They are impeding the flow and as such the silt is fast accumulating. This, in time, will affect the drag of the cargo ships and more so the ocean going vessels.

So, what is it now? Ever think of mother nature playing its role on the Island?

Bhai, kindergaten geography: What do you call a piece of land that is almost surrounded by water?

crab daag island in the sun! 

FM
Originally Posted by cain:

"These opportunities are great since more that 70 per cent of persons who arrive at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport are going to Berbice."

 

True dat????

Is only Berbicians bother to go back to Guyana on holiday, or it is the centre of the drugs hub to the US and Canada.

Mr.T

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