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Tourism Cluster
SURINAME
VILLAGE-BASED
TOURISMWITAGRON and
KAAIMANSTON
EXPERIENCE&SARAMACCA
EXPERIENCE AGROTOERISM
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE
o Local and international tourists will be offered
a unique opportunity to tap into the life of
Maroon villages Kaaimanston and Witagron.
They will have the chance to experience the
everyday life of Maroons by:
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planting vegetables, collecting exotic fruits,
old-time fishing,
collecting wood in the rain forest to prepare for cooking in a
traditional way,
preparing wine from sugar cane, picking coconuts,
making their own instruments and playing music, dancing
and singing along,
learning about traditional medicine,
magical story telling.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE
Tourists will be offered a unique opportunity to tap
into the life of Agriculture in Saramacca. They will
have the chance to experience the everyday life
in the farm by:
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Taking part of activities how vegetables are grown and harvest.
Fishing in the swamp and/or small irrigation canals.
Harvest fruits and vegetables, cut it and learn how to prepare a
surinamese dish.
Other field activities to farmers in the area, e.g. how pindasambel,
tahoe, coconutoil etc. is made.
Staying overnight in a house and enjoy the warmth of a camp fire,
peace and quite of the nature and wake up in the morning by singing
birds.
Learning about local medicine plant,
Magical story telling.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE
o This cluster intitative will focus on
developing the knowledge, attitudes
and capacity of the villagers by
training and supporting them to perform
their part of the tourist experience.
o Creating (replicating) village, agro-based
tourism in villages of Saramacca
district hosting tourists in farmer‘s
homes, offering activities unique to
Saramacca.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE For Kaaimanston and Witagron
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Economic and social development of villages in the
Upper Coppename River region – generating more
income for villagers from tourism.
Prevent urban migration and social problems
related to unemployment of villagers in Paramaribo.
New opportunities for women to generate their
own income in villages.
Diversified and more sustainable development
by creating job opportunities in tourism besides
small-scale mining.
Prepare and train villagers for forest
preservation tasks which are expected to be
entrusted to them.
Village cultural heritage preservation and
revival.
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE In
Saramacca
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MARKETS
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LOCAL.
USA, EUROPE, FRN. GUYANA
ADVENTURE, TOURISM. AND AGRICULTURE
TOURIM
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ACTIONS
Activity
Responsible
Date
1
Organizing a meeting with people from
the two villages (50 people) to discuss
what needs to be developed/improved
Diego and John Tamka
with Capitan Samuel,
Norine Marcus (Basja)
The week of
4th June
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Coordinating activities with Guides‘
Association, NGO-s working with villages
to identify joint actions
Diego and John
Tamka, Marcel
Chandoesing
2nd week of
June
Diego and John
Tamka, Marcel
Chandoesing
July 2012
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Developing individual tourist activities scenario (cooking, music, traditional
medicine etc.)
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Human resource development - for
tourist activities - entrusting them to
villagers, testing and training and
certification
Marcel Chandoesing,
Rabia Ramdin in
collaboration with
trainers SHTTC, SBC
July/August
2012
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Improving basic tourist facilities (toilets,
design authentic meeting place,
traditional kitchen, etc.) – develop basic
business plan for getting finance – and
implementing
Capitan Samuel,
Norine Marcus (Basja);
business plan in collab.
SBC
September
2012
Dialogue with the GoS to improve road
infrastructure, agreement,
implementation
Capitan Samuel
June 2012
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TO CARRY OUTSTEP-BY-STEP PLAN
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ACTIONS
TO CARRY OUTSTEP-BY-STEP
PLAN(WHAT, WHO, WHEN)
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Activity
Responsible
Date
Replicating actions for agro-tourism in
Saramacca (local meetings, tourist offer
development, business plan, facilities
improvement)
Rabia Ramdin
July/August –
December
2012
Marketing of village-based tourist experiences
– tour operators (VESTOR), STS etc.
Diego and John
Tamka, Marcel
Chandoesing and
Rabia Ramdin
November
2012
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Resources Needed
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RESOURCE (financial and other e.g.,
facilities, services, etc.)
Estimated Cost
Possible
Sources
TRAINERS AND TRAINERS FEES,
CERTIFICATION – 4-day training per group
of 10 people
4,000 USD
Villagers and
donors
BASIC BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPMENT
by SBC
2,000 USD
Ministry of
TCT
IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES (toilets,
meeting room, power generators etc.) per
village
5,000 USD
donors
MARKETING and PROMOTION (promotional
material, web site, articles for newspapers,
video clips etc.)
5,000 USD
Villagers,
donors, STS
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PRODUCTS/ Tourism Cluster
RESULTSMEASURES OF
SUCCESS(Implementation of XX, by what date)
o Meetings in the villages
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Date: 2nd week of June 2012
o Tourist activites developed and tested for
Coppename
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Date: July 2012
o Trainings and certification in Coppename
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Date: August 2012
o Facilities improvement in Coppename villages
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Date: September 2012
o Marketing of village-based tourism
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Date: starts in November 2012
o Action in Saramacca initiated
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Date: September 2012
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IMPACT ON BOTH
o INCOME CREATION FOR 60
GUIDES, BOATSMEN, VILLAGERS,
FARMERS
o DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGES
o DEVELOPMENT OF 15
ENTREPRENEURS IN THE
VILLAGES
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LEADERSHIP
• Capitan Samuel (Coppename)
o “TREKKERS”
• Norine Marcus (Basja) (Coppename)
o TECHNICAL LEADER(s)
• Diego and John Tamka,
• Marcel Chandoesing and
• Rabia Ramdin
o INTIATIVE ACTION TEAM
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SURINAME ALREADY
IN ACTION
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Thank You!
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