The government’s stated emphasis on growing the country’s tourism sector has not been matched by evidence of a preparedness to do “what it takes” to market the country abroad in order to attract visitors here, Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Captain Gerry Gouveia has told Stabroek Business.
According to Gouveia it will not be “altogether surprising” if businesses in the tourism sector were “particularly disappointed” over the fact that the government’s 2013 budget proposals pay little attention to the need to allocate significant funding to marketing Guyana abroad.
“Marketing Guyana abroad is key to visitor arrivals but it is about much more than that.