The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) says it is astonished at government’s reported plan to shift the tourism portfolio to the Minister of Business and it charged that APNU+AFC’s manifesto commitments remain “largely undelivered”.
In a statement yesterday, THAG said that at the start of the new government’s term in office, it welcomed the appointment of Catherine Hughes as a standalone Minister of Tourism. She was later entrusted with responsibility for Public Telecommunications. THAG contended that the tourism portfolio has been “drastically diluted over the last twelve months” leading to the proposed shifting of the portfolio from Hughes to Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin.