{"id":21091,"date":"2024-07-02T17:53:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21091"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:53:33","slug":"winning-snap-and-share-photographs-to-be-featured-at-cheddi-jagan-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/winning-snap-and-share-photographs-to-be-featured-at-cheddi-jagan-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning Snap and Share Photographs to Be Featured at Cheddi Jagan International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The winning photographs from the 58th Independence Snap and Share competition will soon be showcased at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This announcement was made by Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond during the prize-giving ceremony held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 4th edition of the Independence Snap and Share Photography competition, which focuses on tourism, attracted hundreds of participants who submitted stunning photographs of Guyana\u2019s flora, fauna, and people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Walrond praised the exceptional quality of the entries and revealed plans to use the photographs to further promote the \u201cDestination Guyana\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Walrond highlighted that the top 5 photos will be displayed at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, and the top 58 photos will be published in the Snap and Share magazine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) is collaborating with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to increase visibility for images that highlight Destination Guyana, with some of the competition&#8217;s photos expected to be featured at the major port of entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Tourism is also considering a proposal to create jigsaw puzzles using these images, further expanding the reach and impact of the competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Walrond emphasized the government\u2019s commitment to enhancing the initiative as it continues in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to host this competition, the team at the ministry will constantly find ways to add value and enhance what has now become a staple event,\u201d Minister Walrond stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top five winners of the competition have been offered photography training, and the first-place winner received a Canon DSLR camera. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u2018Snap and Share\u2019 competition was launched by the Tourism Ministry in 2021 as a flagship initiative to showcase the pristine beauty of Guyana through photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delicia Janneire for NCN News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winning photographs from the 58th Independence Snap and Share competition will soon be showcased at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. This announcement was made by Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21093,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21091\/revisions\/21093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}