First half of Jubilee year attracted 108,000 visitors

Aug 11, 2016 News

– Mid-year Report

In the year when Guyana is celebrating 50 years of Independence, many initiatives were set in motion. The need to have foreigners come to Guyana to take part in the celebrations was heavily touted by the administration as one of these initiatives.
It appears that the administration’s efforts were fruitful, since the Mid-Year Report for 2016 has shown that some 108,183 visitors would have arrived in Guyana during the first half of this year.
This figure represents an increase of 14,694 visitors or 15.7 percent, compared to the same period last year, and 17,396 or 19.2 percent increase for the year 2014.
The report illustrated that visitors’ arrivals peaked during the month of May with arrivals totalling to 24,987 – which can be attributed to the heightened celebrations of the Golden Jubilee, the report stated.
“This celebration period, according to the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), was accompanied by an average hotel occupancy rate of 75 percent compared to 39 percent for the same period in 2015, with 95 percent in Georgetown and 55 percent in outlying areas,” the Report stated.
The Mid-year Report also indicated that a total of 91 rooms were added to the stock of rooms available as at June 2016, which resulted in the expansion of the capacity of the tourism sector.
Palm Springs expanded its accommodation by adding 22 rooms; Tower Suites, 29 rooms; and Beachview Hotel, 40 rooms.
In addition, efforts were made to re-establish the National Bed and Breakfast Programme within the local accommodation sector. Inspection and registration of bed and breakfast facilities were completed, the report stated.
In an aim to establish comprehensive data to analyse the contribution of the tourism sector to national development, the report stated that a Tourism Satellite Accounting (TSA) workshop was hosted by specialists from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) to educate tourism stakeholders on the importance of having TSA in Guyana.
“Subsequently, research on the data requirements for the ten TSA tables was conducted by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Bureau of Statistics (BOS). The findings for each table were compiled and are expected to be presented to the agencies involved during the third quarter” the report stated.

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