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News 1 Letter from Bryan Bland. Sunbird Tours for INGUAT Director of Guatemala Board of Tourism 2008
Dear Mr Orozco,
I have just returned from the Fourth International Birdwatching
Encounter and must write to tell you how impressed I was by this event.
The basic concept - to promote Guatemala as an important ecotourism
destination equal to any in the world - was well conceived and the
execution could not be faulted. Your whole team (Ana Smith, Bitty
Ramirez Portella, Irene Rodriguez, Marco Vinicio Centeno, and so many
more) must have put in a great deal of effort to ensure that such a
complex operation worked so well. In particular, I must commend Ana
Cristina Prem for her efficiency and her warmth in greeting all the
delegates and ensuring they all identified with Guatemala and the
Guatemalan people. You could not have chosen a more delightful and
charming ambassador.
I can assure you that all your guests were suitably impressed with
everything that Guatemala has to offer and have returned to various
parts of the world determined to spread the gospel and promote
Guatemalan ecotourism as much as possible. Already Mark Cocker’s column
on Guatemala has appeared in The Guardian (readership one million) and
his four-page article in the BBC Wildlife magazine (the most respected
wildlife journal in Europe, readership 175,000) will appear in June.
There will also be a follow-up in Birding World to complement my article
last year on ‘Guatemala, the new birding Mecca in Central America’. And
of course personal recommendations left, right and centre. I am
convinced that within a few years Guatemala will have secured its
rightful share of this market alongside Mexico, Belize, and Costa Rica.
Thankyou again for your hospitality. I shall continue to do everything
possible to point the birdwatchers of Europe in your direction.
Very sincerely yours Bryan Bland, Director, Sunbird Tours.
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