City cleanup for tourism

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The capital city, Georgetown is set to undergo major transformation from today (Thursday) as a massive cleanup campaign intensifies ahead of the 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development slated for this weekend in Guyana.

Acting Tourism Minister Irfaan Ali said the collaborative movement has already resulted in the main corridor from Timehri to the Garden City being “swept” of waste materials and cleared of overgrown vegetation.

On Wednesday , the piles of garbage that normally line the main thoroughfares, and infront and at the back of the city’s main dwelling sites for businesses, are expected to be cleared, leaving a clean surrounding with the aim of painting the perfect picture of the much spoken about Garden City. Special emphasis will be placed on the “city trail” where very common, important, and historical places and streets are found.

The cleanup campaign which is termed by the Tourism Ministry as an enhancement project, is a collaborative initiative that is being undertaken by the ministries of housing and water, public works, local government and regional development, tourism, the Mayor and City Council, the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG), the Scrap Metal Association, the Private Sector Commission, the Georgetown Chambers, among others.

The grand opening ceremony for the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development is set for Sunday April 15 at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, where a range of intellectuals and specialists from across the Caribbean will take centre stage.

Under the theme, “Keeping the Right Balance: Sustaining Our Resources”, in excess of 200 tourism specialists and media operatives will engage in intensive discussions on the implementation of sustainable tourism policies and programmes for the region.

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