Worldwide, there are competitions between hotels to cater to the people.
Guyana is no different as competition for guests and pertinent occasions have always existed.
No net benefit to Guyana if 3 hotels close. Marriott is a strong brand so will clearly attract the business crowd, but the notion that tourist arrivals will increase is nonsense.
1. Marriott doesnt cater to the eco adventure market. No US corporation is going to host conventions in Guyana as they do at the other Marriott properties in the Caribbean. Guyana lacks attractions of interest to those who organize conventions, and we aren't a major business center as is Trinidad, Puerto Rico, the DR, Jamaica, Cayman or the Bahamas.
Conventioneers arent interested in stepping over garbage, smelling stink drains, or swimming on muddy beaches.
2. Most overseas Guyanese stay with their relatives and are not interested in spending huge amounts of money on a hotel. Rather spend it on entertaining the folks instead.
3. Because the PPP is backward and knows nothing about tourism, aside from overseas Guyanese, Caribbean people, and business people we only attract low end "adventurers" who certainly are not going to spend lavish amounts in a hotel, when they would rather spend that on going into the interior.
Who are the investors? This hotel was premised on private investors and these are still to be named.