The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday hosted its first Tourism Business Licensing Clinic at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, in Liliendaal, Georgetown.
A GTA release yesterday informed that for just one day, existing and new tourism business owners were able to connect with key regulatory public and private sector agencies to expedite the processes and address the challenges related to registering and licensing their businesses.
According to the release, the agencies present included: Go-Invest, Maritime Administration Department, National Insurance Scheme, Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana Revenue Authority, Guyana Fire Service, Central Housing & Planning Authority, Guyana Lands & Survey Commission, Mayor and Town Council, Assuria Insur-ance, Diamond Fire & General Insurance, Nalico/Nafico, Deme-rara Mutual, and BrinsJen Systems Development Special-ists. Further, they all demonstrated the “utmost” patience and knowledge while interacting with the participants and guiding them through the relevant policies.
The GTA stated that this collaborative effort “emphasised its commitment to promoting multi-sectoral tourism development and accelerating the country’s transformational process through significantly innovative, transformative measures.” The Authority expressed gratitude to all of the agencies that participated, and is looking forward to even more collaboration in the coming weeks.
Of note was the fact that the participants were able to initiate the process or officially license their businesses, which was also an opportunity for them to become familiar with the GTA’s Tourism Business Licensing Portal, which can be found at https://guyanatourism.com/license/register.
The Manager of Training & Licensing, Tamika Inglis, commenting on hosting the first tourism business licensing clinic, said, “It was a great initiative. I am absolutely satisfied with the outcome, and it was indeed a success. What we would like to do at the GTA is make this an annual event.” She added, “At the beginning of each year, we typically encourage persons to come on board and get licensed with us, but this year, we wanted a much more hands-on approach. We wanted to reach the people directly and have them experience first-hand what the process entails and have them engage with the relevant authorities. In the coming weeks, we will be hosting similar sessions in outlying areas, and we look forward to an even bigger turnout.”
Persons interested in getting more information on the GTA’s licensing process, can contact Tamika Inglis, Manager of Training & Licensing, at tamika@guyanatourism.com or Sade Cameron, Marketing & Communications Officer, at sade@guyanaotourism.com or call 219-0093-6.
