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Nov 29, 2012 News
Calls for Government to add tourism to the line of items of the national budget in Parliament were made at the sixth annual Tourism Award Ceremony last evening.
These sentiments were made by Executive member of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento.
Present at the event were members of the Diplomatic Corps, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority and special invitees.
Eleven Tourism awards were distributed. The Community-Based Tourism Development Award was given to Conservation International; the Tourism Enterprise award was given to Colin Edwards; the Tour Guide of the Year was given to Paul Edwards; and the Tourism Pioneer was given to the Correia Group of Companies.
A posthumous award was given to Richard Ousman for Tourism Recognition; the Best Tourism Marketing Campaign award was given to Wilderness Explorers; the Pillar of Tourism Industry award was given to Lennox John; the Destination Guyana Promotion award was given to Blue Paw Artist; the Most Outstanding Community Project award was given to Aranaputa Processors Friendly Society; the Best Tourism Ambassador award was given to John Drepaul; and the Tourism Recognition award was given to best Supporting Hotel which was Princess Hotel Guyana.
Nascimento said that over the six years, 65 awards were given out for excellence in Tourism. Noting that there was an increase in visitors for the year, he said there was also an increase in yachts visiting the Essequibo shores within the past three weeks.
Nascimento called on the government to have a better docking facility for the yachts since if there is no development for this sector it will slowly disappear.
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