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Slain British Teen…Guyana remains a peaceful, scenic destination for tourists – Tourism Ministry
While expressing condolences to the family of slain British teenager, Dominic Bernard, the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday stated that Guyana will remain a peaceful, scenic destination for tourists.
Dominic Bernard
“This is indeed a tragic and unfortunate occurrence…It has cast a shadow over our beautiful land that so many thousands of people across the Diaspora are planning to visit in the coming months,” Minister Cathy Hughes said.
“We will not be defined by this personal, heinous crime that was committed on young Dominic Bernard. We continue to mourn his loss and will also continue to offer our support to his grieving family.”
The ministry stated that it would have loved to have the pleasure of showing Guyana’s beauty to Bernard whom the Minister described as a “Budding Filmmaker”. It also lauded the actions of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), especially the team who conducted swift investigations, apprehended numerous suspects, and acquired their confessions.
“The Ministry of Tourism stands resolutely behind Guyana’s Public Security Service comprising men and women who work tirelessly, and who keep as their top priority the safety and security of all visitors and citizens,” a release stated.
Hughes also noted that this “unnecessarily heinous act perpetrated on someone so young by his own relative has shown the dark side of human nature.
However, it has strengthened the ministry’s resolve to show the real Guyana to the rest of the world as a country renowned for its natural physical beauty and its kind and hospitable multi-cultural people”.
This entirely unacceptable incident, the ministry stated, occurred at a sensitive time when Guyana is preparing to host thousands of returning Guyanese and other visitors to the celebrations to mark the 50th Independence Anniversary.
While noting that many people around the world may associate this recent tragedy with the general safety and wellbeing of visitors expected here during the course of this year of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee however, the ministry reaffirmed that Guyanese are not the sum of the few twisted, maladjusted individuals who take lives.
“…Rather, we reiterate that Guyana remains peaceful, scenic, serene and safe destination for tourists and visitors who come for any reason”.
According to reports, Bernard arrived in Guyana on October 14 last, for a three-week vacation with his godbrother. He was scheduled to fly back to England on November 5, 2015, but failed to do so.
A body suspecting to be that of Bernard’s, was discovered behind Nurney Village, Berbice.
Five persons have so far appeared before the courts on charges related to the British teen’s demise.
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