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GMR&SC, Tourism Ministry partner to promote sports tourism- weekend race being touted as biggest CMRC
by GINA News
Posted: Nov 5, 2009 13:02 UTC
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GEORGETOWN (GINA) - The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce continues to foster partnerships with local organisations and individuals to promote alternative avenues and diversify the sector including sporting events.
Tourism Minister Manniram Prashad announced that the Ministry in recognising the importance of sporting events to the sector, has partnered with the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) to promote this weekend’s racing events at the South Dakota Race Circuit which is being touted to be the biggest Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). This announcement was made during a meeting with President of the GMR&SC Aaron Bethune, Vice President Peter Peroune and Secretary Debbie Phillipe at the Minister’s office earlier today.
“Most people like to go to the races and over the years GMR&SC has been doing a great job of promoting motor racing which promotes tourism because people come to Guyana and when they see for the first time the friendly and hospitable people they come back again. That is why the Ministry of Tourism is taking a special interest and effort to promote events such as this to help to bring more visitors to Guyana,” Minister Prashad said.
The Minister pointed out that fam-tours will be organized by the Ministry for the international drivers and their teams to showcase what Guyana has to offer.
“Some people are already in the country and we want to organize a fam-tour for some of the overseas drivers, I know they have to practice but if we can get them a day before we want to do that, we want to showcase what we have in Guyana. Either to take them to the Kaieteur Falls, Orinduik Falls a trip to the rainforest or a trip down the Essequibo river because this is something new to them, you know people in the Caribbean they don’t have big rivers like us, they haven’t gotten rainforests like us,” Minister Prashad said.
The event, he said, is timely and well placed since it is being held during Tourism Awareness Month which is being celebrated under the theme: ‘Promoting Quality and Sustainable Tourism in Guyana’ and Minister Prashad noted his appreciation for the event while expressing his Ministry’s support.
President of the GMR&SC Aaron Bethune stated that there will be participants from across the Caribbean including Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname and others from the United States of America and Canada. Some of the teams are already in the country while others are expected throughout the week.
“This is a big week for motor racing, all week we have people coming to the track fine tuning their cars. The participants from Barbados came in this morning and another flight is coming in with the participants from Jamaica. This is a packed week for the club and a big weekend,” he said.
Over 500 foreign visitors are expected including drivers, team members and fans along with a crowd of 20,000 is expected at this weekend’s meet. Admittance to the event for adults is $2,000 while children are $1,000 and cars are free, the GMR&SC President said.
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