Georgetown: Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) President Kit Nascimento said airlift in and out of the country remains a major challenge for the local
THAG will recommend to President Donald Ramotar that Minister Irfaan Ali be appointed substantively to the post of tourism.
Nascimento said Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) is basically the only airline which is servicing the country, and this is not good enough.
“CAL is a regional airline that flies internationally, it is not an internationally branded airline, we need an internationally-branded airline, not one, but many coming into this country.” Nascimento disclosed that he recently participated in the Tourism Ministry’s expositions in New York and Canada and hundreds of Guyanese there say they want to visit Guyana, but the prices for tickets to Guyana and back home are excessive.
CAL had taken up the slack and added flights since the exit of EZjet last year and Delta’s exit earlier this year. However, during the summer, the airlines drastically jacked up its prices, which received severe criticisms from government as well as travellers. This posed an obstacle for persons who wanted to travel to Guyana, as they could not afford the airfare.
He said THAG hopes to persuade a number of major corporate entities here to support the development of the country’s tourism industry.
“When tourism flourishes, every corporate member in this country flourishes, tourism is a trade in which the entire economy and all the participation in the economy benefits, so we feel that major corporations in the country should be supportive of THAG.”
You must be logged in to post a comment.