{"id":26260,"date":"2025-02-08T22:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26260"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:31:23","slug":"region-ten-tourism-committee-launches-training-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/region-ten-tourism-committee-launches-training-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Region Ten Tourism Committee Launches Training Programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracey Liverpool | January 9, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Region Ten Tourism Committee (RTTC) is intensifying its efforts to boost the local tourism industry with a series of training programs set to begin this January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives are designed to build capacity and equip residents with the skills needed to contribute to the growing tourism sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two sessions will take place in Kwakwani on January 11 and 12, focusing on business development and leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trea Johnson, Marketing and Branding Representative for the RTTC, emphasized the importance of starting in Kwakwani to ensure that the entire region benefits from the training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Kwakwani sessions, three more training sessions will be held in Linden at the LEN Building, covering front desk operations, vehicle safety, and housekeeping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sessions are open to both those already working in tourism-related fields and individuals eager to develop new skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson mentioned that this initiative marks the beginning of a series of monthly training sessions, targeting areas such as customer service and housekeeping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, over 100 people in the service industry benefited from these programs, and the RTTC plans to continue fostering development in the region&#8217;s tourism sector through regular, specialized training facilitated by experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool | January 9, 2025 The Region Ten Tourism Committee (RTTC) is intensifying its efforts to boost the local tourism industry with a series of training programs set&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26260","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\/26260","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=26260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26261,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26260\/revisions\/26261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}