Yesterday, the Department of Tourism, the Ministry of Business, the Guyana Tourism Authority and the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana launch-ed Guyana’s first ever Agro-Tourism Expo which will be staged up to November 2, 2019. According to the organizers the event will make recommendations relating to a range of agriculture and tourism-related developmental issues.
Given the contribution that agriculture has made to livelihoods and to the economy over the years, we in Guyana have every right to find ways of celebrating our agricultural sector and linking with tourism is certainly one of those.
Agro-tourism is essentially tourism for recreation that involves active use of the farm and is implemented in various forms including rental of premises with the on-farm services that allow the visitor a pleasing agrarian experience.