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Feb 20, 2014 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Please permit me to express thanks to the Minister of Tourism and his staff for the development of the website “Rediscover Guyana”.
I must admit that I see many sites related to different issues related to Guyana, but this one is certainly very informative for a visitor. I was in the planning stages of a visit to Guyana along with other members of our family to celebrate our mother’s 75th Birthday during the Easter Holidays. As usual, the topic of where to stay became an issue since many family members were concerned about quality hotels and most important our security.
Fortunately however, my brother was watching television and he saw an ad promoting Easter in Guyana and further details were available if you visited www.rediscoverguyana.com. He immediately called me and suggested that I check out the site, especially since we were concerned about a quality hotel and our safety.
The only issue we ran into was that the hotel we loved and hoped to stay at was very small in terms of rooms, but we were impressed with them all. We’ve decided however to break up into groups and use different ones. If the pictures on their website are truly what exists, then I can safely say Guyana has arrived in terms of standards and quality.
Pardon me if I sound out of touch, but the real fact is that I have not been home in thirty-five (35) years, and like so many other persons like me, we base our thoughts and expectations on what we read in the on-line tabloids. This website and the program of activities listed gives rise to the opportunity to see places I or my siblings have never ventured to, even though we were born in Guyana.
In creating boast after sharing the site with a co-worker from Denmark, he and his wife have decided to make the trip with us. We are certainly looking forward to a good time. We will make time to visit the many places where the excursions are going, as well as the chance to explore some night life. My only question is why there are no prices listed for the excursions?
Minister of Tourism please ensure that we know prices so we can do an effective budget and have enough monies while in Guyana. I hope many persons will make use of such an opportunity, since it will be good to not only visit home if like me you were not there for a long time, besides being granted the opportunity to visit some of the places I only read about or may have seen on a map of Guyana.
It is really good now with technology when you can see places and make plans on where or what activities you can enjoy even before you leave your home. Thanks again to the Ministry of Tourism. This was a brilliant idea. Keep up the good work.
My entire family and friends (some 20-25 of us) can’t wait for our arrival.
Leo Fernandes
Linden, NJ, USA     

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