GTA aiming to give hands-on experience with new tour products

An artist out of Moraikobai, painting the Canje Pheasant as she tells the mythical story of its origin

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) on Friday launched its Experiential Tourism initiative, which aims to enable tourists to participate directly in activities at three destinations.

While the tours cannot be conducted until the National COVID-19 Task Force gives the green light, the GTA has launched the project in anticipation of travel to Guyana properly resuming.

At the launch, held at the Whirl Wind Village at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia, it was explained that the experiential project will allow tourists the chance to fully indulge in the livelihood of the persons living in the indigenous villages and educate themselves not just in theory, but practically, and thus preserving the history of Guyanese culture, some of which is not taught in schools.