The ninth edition of Guyana Where & What, the pocket-size guide book on Guyana, published by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento of GEMS Inc is now available for visitors to Guyana and Guyanese alike.
According to a press release from GEMS Inc, the cover features the Independence Arch and the logo specially designed for the event.
A special feature article on the history of our Independence can be found in the early pages of the guide book.
As with the past two editions, the information section has been translated in Portuguese for the growing population of Brazilians residing in Guyana and to support Brazilian tourists, businessmen and traders visiting Guyana, the release said.
This year’s guide book, in addition to the comprehensive information it provides for visitors to Guyana on birding, fishing, historic Dutch sites, places of interest, site-seeing spots and eco-wonders, among other features, includes the personal experience of a visit to Orealla by one of its contributing writers.
The 140-page guide has a pull out 10 ins x 12 ins map of Guyana and an extended Georgetown showing up to Cummings Lodge to the east and Industrial Estate, South Ruimveldt Park and South Ruimveldt Gardens to the south, the release said.
Copies are available at the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana in Waterloo
Street, the Guyana Tourism Authority at the Sophia Complex, hotels, restaurants, airports, tour operators, resorts, travel agencies and embassies. The guide is free.
The release noted that the first edition was published in 2007 for World Cup Cricket and it has been published annually since then.
