Tourism industry poised to take off - Minister Ali - at launch of initiative titled ‘ Rediscover Home”
Georgetown, GINA, January 26, 2012
Source - GINA
The package being offered for Festival of Colours
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, acting in the capacity of Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, on Wednesday at the Ministry of Housing launched the first of a series of tourism packages to be unleashed under the ‘Rediscover Home’ Tourism Initiative.
The package which is titled; “Festival of Colours” will see a range of tourism based activities being centred around Guyana’s Holi/ Phagwah festival from March 2 - 9, 2012.
“To ensure Guyana’s tourism product is enhanced, marketed and successful at the end of the day, the first pilot package has been established with the kind collaboration/cooperation of the Dharmic Sabha…we said that we are going to create packages around Guyana’s culture/heritage…the first culture that would form the pilot package is Holi or Phagwah,” Minister Ali said.
Minister Ali also said that this event would form part of the Tourism Sector’s over-arching motto for 2012 which is ‘Rediscover Home’.
“The motto indicates what we are doing…we are targeting overseas based Guyanese directly, to come home to rediscover and enjoy the cultural activities in their home…towards this end, there will be a package available for the week- long activities…this package would see a return airfare on the Caribbean Airlines from New York to Guyana being priced at US$580 tax inclusive, which is a seven nights and eight days package, and hotels offering as low as US$45 to US$116 VAT and breakfast inclusive…which are rates that are remarkable for visitors who buy into the package and be part of the week - long celebrations…a number of nature tours would ultimately form part of the package,” Minister Ali said.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (ag) Irfaan Ali, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Indranauth Haralsingh and Dr. Vindhya Persaud of the Dharmic Sabha at the launching of ‘Festival of Colours’
Minister Ali said that with the packaging of activities around the rich Guyanese culture, this will see the country’s tourism product/industry being propelled, coupled with the fact that representations are being made by Hollywood for Guyana to be the host country for the production of a movie in 2012.
Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Indranauth Haralsingh said “there is a need for more packaging of our culture as it will catapult the tourism sector”.
Haralsingh also said that the month of March was targeted not only because of Phagwah but also because it is the season where there isn’t a lot of travelling, therefore an activity of this nature will aid the tourism sector’s objective or surpassing the tourist arrival figure for 2011.
Dr. Vindhya Persaud of the Dharmic Sabha said that organsation is pleased to be a part of the activities which will further aid in the development of the country. Towards this end, the Sabha has made representation to have a few of the Indian Soap Opera stars to be a part of some of the slated activities, thereby boosting the hype of the week-long event.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (ag) Irfaan Ali, flanked by some of the stakeholders of the pilot project, Festival of Colours
Caribbean Airlines, Manager, South America, Carl Stuart along with other tourism industry stakeholders all expressed their contentment with being associated with the activity.
The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce along with other stakeholders are aggressively pursuing their objective of transforming Guyana into the Caribbean’s number tourist destination as they are of the belief that the country’s rich heritage will boost the tourism product.
With the advent of the pursuit of this objective, regional and international persons, businesses, organisations, tourists and wilderness explorers are coming to discover the tourism opportunities that Guyana has to offer.
As recent as Wednesday, a team from the History channel arrived in Guyana with the intention of shooting and capturing some of the country’s most untouched and pristine areas following in the steps of reputable worldwide companies such as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Georgetown, GINA, January 26, 2012
Source - GINA
The package being offered for Festival of ColoursMinister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, acting in the capacity of Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, on Wednesday at the Ministry of Housing launched the first of a series of tourism packages to be unleashed under the ‘Rediscover Home’ Tourism Initiative.
The package which is titled; “Festival of Colours” will see a range of tourism based activities being centred around Guyana’s Holi/ Phagwah festival from March 2 - 9, 2012.
“To ensure Guyana’s tourism product is enhanced, marketed and successful at the end of the day, the first pilot package has been established with the kind collaboration/cooperation of the Dharmic Sabha…we said that we are going to create packages around Guyana’s culture/heritage…the first culture that would form the pilot package is Holi or Phagwah,” Minister Ali said.
Minister Ali also said that this event would form part of the Tourism Sector’s over-arching motto for 2012 which is ‘Rediscover Home’.
“The motto indicates what we are doing…we are targeting overseas based Guyanese directly, to come home to rediscover and enjoy the cultural activities in their home…towards this end, there will be a package available for the week- long activities…this package would see a return airfare on the Caribbean Airlines from New York to Guyana being priced at US$580 tax inclusive, which is a seven nights and eight days package, and hotels offering as low as US$45 to US$116 VAT and breakfast inclusive…which are rates that are remarkable for visitors who buy into the package and be part of the week - long celebrations…a number of nature tours would ultimately form part of the package,” Minister Ali said.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (ag) Irfaan Ali, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Indranauth Haralsingh and Dr. Vindhya Persaud of the Dharmic Sabha at the launching of ‘Festival of Colours’Minister Ali said that with the packaging of activities around the rich Guyanese culture, this will see the country’s tourism product/industry being propelled, coupled with the fact that representations are being made by Hollywood for Guyana to be the host country for the production of a movie in 2012.
Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Indranauth Haralsingh said “there is a need for more packaging of our culture as it will catapult the tourism sector”.
Haralsingh also said that the month of March was targeted not only because of Phagwah but also because it is the season where there isn’t a lot of travelling, therefore an activity of this nature will aid the tourism sector’s objective or surpassing the tourist arrival figure for 2011.
Dr. Vindhya Persaud of the Dharmic Sabha said that organsation is pleased to be a part of the activities which will further aid in the development of the country. Towards this end, the Sabha has made representation to have a few of the Indian Soap Opera stars to be a part of some of the slated activities, thereby boosting the hype of the week-long event.
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (ag) Irfaan Ali, flanked by some of the stakeholders of the pilot project, Festival of ColoursCaribbean Airlines, Manager, South America, Carl Stuart along with other tourism industry stakeholders all expressed their contentment with being associated with the activity.
The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce along with other stakeholders are aggressively pursuing their objective of transforming Guyana into the Caribbean’s number tourist destination as they are of the belief that the country’s rich heritage will boost the tourism product.
With the advent of the pursuit of this objective, regional and international persons, businesses, organisations, tourists and wilderness explorers are coming to discover the tourism opportunities that Guyana has to offer.
As recent as Wednesday, a team from the History channel arrived in Guyana with the intention of shooting and capturing some of the country’s most untouched and pristine areas following in the steps of reputable worldwide companies such as the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
