Dear Editor,
Repeatedly, I’ve said that Guyana is blessed immensely. We’ve an abundance of wildlife, agricultural produce, amazing/breathtaking views throughout the country.
Our country could have been a more popular country, attracting tourism. Many countries depend on tourism to sustain their economies, but for various reasons, Guyana seems to be on the back burner, or, in some areas, exploited.
We’ve various tourism agencies here, but they seem interested only in getting and investing in promoting our country in areas which could boost their business. Numerous times I’ve written of their attitudes and over- pricing.
Editor, my point is this: I was recently doing research on jaguars, and interestingly, many websites have a wide variety of information about them, including where they could be found, but strongly, Guyana’s name 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 contact me for the famous cassareep from Moruca, and the people who sell inform me that they are not getting. Of recent, people have been venturing into Moruca and purchasing. The price has increased, and the demands also. There’s a huge amount of people from Canada, America, England who are very much interested in getting the genuine cassava cassareep, not the coconut or burnt sugar cassareep.
There isn’t a proper system to monitor the fake places that manufacture and sell nonsense, but there should be. Our various wealth has huge potential of benefitting Guyana, if promoted properly.
Happy Holidays to all
Sincerely,
Sahadeo Bates
