{"id":22584,"date":"2024-09-05T18:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22584"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:20:55","slug":"guyanas-tourist-boom-spurs-new-hotel-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-tourist-boom-spurs-new-hotel-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Tourist Boom Spurs New Hotel Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Samuel Sukhnandan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana is on track to attract up to 350,000 tourists this year, setting new records in visitor numbers, according to projections from the Guyana Tourism Authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This surge in tourism is driving the government&#8217;s push for the construction of new hotels across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Guyana saw 319,147 tourists, an increase of 11 percent from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The trend continues into 2024, with 112,751 visitors recorded between January and April, marking a 12.4 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, General Secretary of the People&#8217;s Progressive Party (PPP) and Vice President of Guyana, highlighted that many of these tourists are Guyanese returning home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The influx has led to high demand for accommodations, often resulting in inflated hotel prices due to a shortage of lodging options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this issue, the recent announcement of Hilton&#8217;s new dual-brand project in Georgetown, the capital, is expected to offer more accommodation choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized that this addition will enhance the competitiveness of the tourism sector and provide more affordable options for visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s strategy, introduced in 2020, includes an incentive regime offering tax holidays and support in securing land, which has spurred significant tourism investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In addition to Hilton, seven other hotels are slated to open in 2025, creating approximately 3,000 new jobs for Guyanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo believes that expanding the range of available accommodations will not only make tourism more accessible but also boost local tourism, particularly in the hinterland areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing developments reflect the government&#8217;s commitment to growing Guyana&#8217;s tourism sector and accommodating the increasing number of visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Sukhnandan Guyana is on track to attract up to 350,000 tourists this year, setting new records in visitor numbers, according to projections from the Guyana Tourism Authority. This&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22584","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=22584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22591,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22584\/revisions\/22591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}