They hope that very soon there will be a stopover in Boa Vista (Roraima state).
scoop file | Marcano highlighted that Guyana has two important potentials that it can present to the world, both tourism and industry.
The governor of the Bolívar state Ángel Marcano considers that the reactivation of the Manaus – Puerto Ordaz flight opens the link with the brother country, he even revealed that new routes to Rio de Janeiro are being considered.
He highlights that Guyana has two important potentials that it can present to both the tourist and industrial world: “Manaus is an industrialized free zone and has many companies downstream that use our raw materials, there is an exchange there.”
Marcano assures that they are proposing, as part of the discussion in the framework of the new relations with the Government of Brazil, a binational debate, recognizing that Venezuela received support from this border from the point of view of food and supply in the first phase of execution of the economic blockade”.
As for tourism, we have the beauties of the Gran Sabana, but there will also be routes to Porlamar, a flight that is in high demand by Brazilians, according to the governor.
Opportunities
Tomás Guerra, president of Fedeindustria Bolívar, celebrates the decision made by the airline Conviasa regarding the reactivation of the flight between the states of Roraima (Brazil) and Bolívar (Venezuela).
“After years of work and having gone to the airline’s offices in Caracas to deliver the communications and having held meetings with Brazilian businessmen, seeing the needs and where we might focus the requests,” says the union member.
He very categorically thanks the governed Marcano and César Escobar, president of the Saar -Autonomous Service of Regional Airports- Bolívar; He assures that the institution will continue to insist on the possibility of a Puerto Ordaz – Boa Vista flight, since it is the closest city to the Bolívar state.
“We must insist that there must be a destination, a stopover, a touch in Boa Vista; because we have a number of businessmen there, with relations from the mineral, agricultural and other economic sectors. The distance between”, also indicates that the distance between Boa Vista and Manaus is 12 hours by road.
also merchandise
“Flights to Brazil from Bolívar state is a great desire, a struggle for a long time, and we are very happy. We welcome the officialization of this route, which is sorely needed to improve trade relations, tourism, and the integration of border states. Given the conditions of trunk 10, this represents a limitation for doing business, so it seems very important to us that this is taking place and hopefully part of the remainder of the summer season in Brazil can be used so that to recover the influx of tourists to Margarita, because all sectors with tourism have a transversal benefit, so if you spend the night here, that dynamizes our economy,” says David Bermúdez, vice president of Fedecámaras Bolívar and leader of the Affairs Commission International.
Bermúdez assures that additional a passenger flights can be considered the cargo part through Conviasa that “would be very useful for the export of merchandise.”
The trade unionists – Bermúdez insists – hope that in the future this flight may have a stopover in Boa Vista to increase tourism and business.
“Brazil has an interesting market with a high level of consumption, but the conditions of trunk 10 weaken the possibilities of carrying the merchandise. We join the fight so that all this becomes a reality, ”she clarifies.