SURINAME VILLAGE-BASED TOURISMWITAGRON and KAAIMANSTON EXPERIENCE

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SURINAME VILLAGE-BASED TOURISMWITAGRON and
KAAIMANSTON EXPERIENCESARAMACCA EXPERIENCE
AGROTOERISM
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIATIVE

• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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.
• Creating (replicating) village, agro-based
  tourism in villages of Saramacca district hosting
  tourists in farmers homes, offering activities
  unique to Saramacca.

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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE For Kaaimanston and Witagron

• 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

• LOCAL.
• USA, EUROPE, FRN. GUYANA
• ADVENTURE, TOURISM. AND AGRICULTURE TOURIM

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ACTIONS TO CARRY OUTSTEP-BY-STEP PLAN
Activity Responsible Date
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
Coordinating activities with Guides Association, NGO-s working with villages to identify joint actions Diego and John Tamka, Marcel Chandoesing 2nd week of June
Developing individual tourist activities -scenario (cooking, music, traditional medicine etc.) Diego and John Tamka, Marcel Chandoesing July 2012
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
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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ACTIONS TO CARRY OUTSTEP-BY-STEP PLAN(WHAT, WHO,
WHEN)
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
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/ RESULTSMEASURES OF SUCCESS(Implementatio
n of XX, by what date)

• Meetings in the villages
• Date 2nd week of June 2012
• Tourist activites developed and tested for
  Coppename
• Date July 2012
• Trainings and certification in Coppename
• Date August 2012
• Facilities improvement in Coppename villages
• Date September 2012
• Marketing of village-based tourism
• Date starts in November 2012
• Action in Saramacca initiated
• Date September 2012

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IMPACT ON BOTH

• INCOME CREATION FOR 60 GUIDES, BOATSMEN,
  VILLAGERS, FARMERS
• DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGES
• DEVELOPMENT OF 15 ENTREPRENEURS IN THE VILLAGES

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LEADERSHIP

• TREKKERS
• Capitan Samuel (Coppename)
• Norine Marcus (Basja) (Coppename)
• TECHNICAL LEADER(s)
• Diego and John Tamka,
• Marcel Chandoesing and
• Rabia Ramdin
• INTIATIVE ACTION TEAM

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SURINAME ALREADY IN ACTION
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Thank You!