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take to the streets on Mash Day, or rather why should all, not just some, of those willing to be part of the paradeonMashDaynotpay fortheircostumes?

Itwouldbeunreasonable for Guyana to expect large numbers of tourists to come to see what we have. Why would anyone forego Trinidad or Brazil’s to come toGuyana?

There was a time when thepolicy-makersinGuyana were assuming that they could capitalize on the fact that larger numbers of touristswereintheregionfor these two carnivals and thus could be lured to Guyana. Theassumptionwaswithout any basis. Firstly, the kinds of tourists that travel to the carnivalsarenotawashwith funds. So it is not as if they are likely to be carnival hopping from Trinidad to Guyana and then Brazil or viceversa.

Most do only carnival and most do not hold down high paying jobs. Thus cash is important Secondly, many of them arrive by cruise ship which does not include a Guyana leg. And many also have package tours For about fifteen hundred dollars, they can have an all-inclusive package which covers their airfareandasmuchfoodand drinkastheyplease.

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