With Guyana’s fast evolving oil and gas sector continuing to attract multi-faceted investor interest, both the government and the private sector are beginning to throw their weight behind the possibility this scrutiny will, in the not-too-distant future, be reflected in a surfeit of attention in the country’s tourism potential.
Last week came the disclosure that tourists keen to have a look at what Guyana has to offer in terms of visitor attractions will benefit from a new communication tool, a booking engine named Kaietour.com, a $60 million investment by Salaudeen Nasurudeen, described by Newsroom as a “Florida-based Guyanese technology entrepreneur”.
This announcement provides one of the earliest indications that the government may now be prepared to completely open the country’s doors to major investments in the tourism industry after repeated failures to attract the same over many years.