In 2016, the World Bank reported Ghana’s urban population at 54.68% of the total population; the majority of which are based in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tema. A typical day in the life of a resident in any of the above urban centres and many others across the country is...
Ghana celebrated sixty one years on Tuesday the 6th of March 2018. Sixty one years is a time an individual begins to appreciate life after pension, reflecting on his working career and adjusting to life without regular work. A new journey has begun and Ghana is at a cross...
One of the important tourism landmarks in the country, the Salaga Slave Market in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, has been converted into a lorry station. In an interview with the B&FT, Alexander Nketia, acting Northern Regional Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) expressed displeasure at...
Accra City Hotel has been awarded the Best City Hotel in Ghana at the 2017 Africa Tourism Awards hosted by the World Tourism Forum, in Accra. This brings to five, the number of awards the hotel has won within the last two years. The Hotel is the reigning Best 4-Star...
Volunteer travel, volunteer vacations or voluntourism is travel which includes volunteering for a charitable cause. (Wikipedia). Tourism in which travelers do voluntary work to help communities or the environment in the places they are visiting (Dictionary.com). “Voluntourism” is the intersection of international volunteering and tourism, also called variously “volunteer...
Commercial banks in the country must adopt strategies based on suitable methodologies for tourism product development in order to grow the sector, create jobs and improve livelihoods, Chief Executive Officer of UMB John Awuah has said. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), a UN agency, describes tourism as the largest industry...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the nation's borders will continue to remain shut until the decision is reviewed. This, according to the President, will enhance the efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the country since a major number of confirmed cases in recent times were...
Report of some so called Ghanaian journalists having been deported from Australia has led to a probe by the Government. At least 50 Ghanaians who form part of that contingency are to face the national security lead probe. This is not the first time sports men have tarnished the...
The tourism sector within the Northern Region generated about GH¢647,147 in revenue from tourist visits as at the end of the third quarter of 2017, statistics from the Northern Regional office of the Ghana Tourism Authority show. Out of the amount, the Mole National park generated the highest - GH¢619,731.55...
Travel opens a world of possibility and finding new and interesting places to visit is plenty. Here are 5 places that are among the best places to visit this year.   Malta Why:This European country is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. Known for its...