Main Street Lime to be a three-day event - Tourism Minister

Main Street Lime to be a three-day event – Tourism Minister

Oct 23, 2012 News

Government will be focusing on Caribbean countries in their “rediscover home campaign” where many events will be restructured; one such event will be the Main Street Lime which will be converted to a three- day event in December under a “Christmas Village” theme.
This was disclosed at a recent press conference at the Ministry of Tourism, South Road office.
According to Minister of Tourism, Irfaan Ali, “Rediscover Home” is in keeping with the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO.) Events will be held to attract Guyanese living overseas, which would in turn inveigle persons to return to their homeland for vacations.
“We have thousands of Guyanese who were born out of Guyana and they have never come home, and we have Guyanese who would have never returned in 25 years, 30 years, and even 40 years who would have recently visited Guyana and spread the word which would have pushed our tourism level.”
Noting that Guyana has been having very good occupancy rates, the Minister said that most of the hotel rooms for certain packages are already filled.
“We have also launched an aggressive campaign with the private sector in having public-private partnership in promoting, expanding and developing tourism, more importantly developing exciting packages that can attract people to Guyana during peak period of travel.”
One such Christmas package, he noted, is the “Unforgettable II Concert” set for the National Stadium on December 26.
Tourism Minister Ali noted that the promoters of the event have been granted tax breaks as set out and available for any activity of such magnitude during the stipulated period. And private investors will be financing the event.
He said many persons would travel to Guyana to ensure that they get the opportunity to attend the concert. The Minister further said that the Christmas packages will also be sold in Barbados and Trinidad since there is an aggressive advertisement drive in those two countries.
“The government wants to play the supporting and coordinating role so when mainstream benefits are derived from these activities, it can be properly channeled and packaged so that the economy as a whole can benefit.”

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