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Ministry of Business gathers stakeholders for Sports Tourism Seminar
The Department of Tourism (DOT) within the Ministry of Business held a Sports Tourism seminar yesterday at the Guyana Olympic Association
From left, Mitra Ramkumar (THAG), Carla James (GTA) and Donald Sinclar (Ministry of Business).
(GOA) headquarters in Liliendaal with the title; Agenda 2019-2021. The seminar sought to bring together all the sports associations/federations along with the Media, Tourism and sports planning agencies to brainstorm ways in which Guyana can capitalise on the potentially lucrative sports tourism sector.
Director General of the DOT, Donald Sinclair spoke with Kaieteur Sport during the event sharing, “Some organisations have some really exciting things on their agenda. So we have brought them together this morning to have them identify those activities, decide what actions need to be taken and by who and what challenges they will be facing.” He further noted that, “Afterwards a report will be developed and it will be distributed to the media, the sponsors (corporate community) and all the relevant stakeholders.”
This is a welcomed initiative since late planning is a habit for many sports associations in Guyana and with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG); who were well represented at the seminar, set to host the 50th Carifta Games in 2021, this seminar is a step in the right dir
Participants at the Sports Tourism seminar yesterday.
ection to help kick start preparations for the event which is projected to see at least 600 athletes and 2000 travelling fans.
The Tourism Hospitality Association (THAG), headed by Mitra Ramkumar who shared an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport, was involved in the seminar. Ramkumar noted that, “We are the private sector led organisation. We are the ones that actually host guests, accommodate them, take them on tours etc. Why we applaude this event is because we will be able to have a sporting calendar which we can use to plan to get the message out before the event starts so visitors will be well informed as to what they can do in Guyana.”
Carla James, Deputy Director of Guyana Tourism Authority GTA, noted that over the years the GTA has trained service providers as part of preparations for the big events that would usually see a lot of overseas visitors. Going forward, James noted that she will work with the various sports bodies that may have to host any international event at a subsidised cost since many of these bodies usually operate with a very tight budget. (Calvin Chapman)
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