Dear Editor,
I’ve said repeatedly that Guyana is blessed immensely. We have an abundance of wildlife, agricultural produce, and amazing/breathtaking views throughout the country. Our country could have been a more popular country attracting tourism. Many countries depend on tourism to sustain them, but for various reasons, Guyana seems to be on the back burner or in some areas, exploited.
Editor, my point is, recently I was doing a research on jaguars, and interestingly, many websites have a wide variety of information about them, including where they could be found, but Guyana is omitted. Since the discovery of oil in Guyana, lots of countries have shown significant interest in Guyana and suddenly, our hidden treasures are being exhibited conveniently. Government should establish a body that would contact these various websites and let them make the necessary corrections to give Guyana the recognition she deserves.
Finally Editor, our various dishes are loved by many, and ironically, people are being brought into Guyana to teach us their skills, whilst stealing ours and manipulating it to their liking and cheating us of the credits due. One good news is that quite a few people contacted me for the famous casareep from Moruca, and the people who sells, informed me that they are not getting. Of recent, people have been venturing into Moruca and purchasing. The prices have increase and the demands also. There’s a huge amount of people from Canada, America, England who are interested in getting the genuine cassava casareep, not the coconut or burnt sugar casareep.
There isn’t a proper system to monitor the fake places that manufactures and sells, but these should be. Our diverse wealth have huge potential to benefit Guyana, and if promoted properly, we don’t have to sit like beggers waiting on oil money. Happy Holidays to all
Sincerely,
Sahadeo Bates