Guyana Tourism

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In recent years, tourism has been given a high priority in Guyana’s economic development strategy. This has been due mainly to changing market forces and the dismantling of secure and preferential markets for traditional sectors of Guyana’s economy as well as steady development of Guyana’s tourism.

Between the period 1986 to 2005 there has been significant interventions which have led to the development of Guyana’s tourism sector. Principal among them have been the appointment of a Minister with responsibility for tourism, the establishing of a Ministry of Tourism, the introduction of a Tourism Studies Unit at the University of Guyana, the formation of the Tourism Association of Guyana and the passage of the Tourism Authority Bill and establishing of the Guyana Tourism Authority.

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