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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 3rd April 2022, launched one of his government’s flagship projects in our tourism sector, dubbed “Destination Ghana”, in London, United Kingdom.
The “Destination Ghana” London event is the...
The President of the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA), Dr. Edward Achah-Nyameke Jnr., has hinted that hotel rates are likely to go up due to the country’s difficult economic conditions such as inflation and high lending rates, which have increased cost of borrowing.
The upward review of hotel rates, according to...
With the return of tourism activities in Africa having seen a leap in the first quarter of the year, the continent’s tourism sector is gearing itself to once again conduct business at the upcoming Africa's Travel Indaba.
Successful hosting of the 16th Meetings Africa event by South Africa has sent...
The government is undertaking a comprehensive renovation and modernisation of some major tourist attractions across the country, a move aimed at positioning Ghana as the subregion's preferred tourism destination.
Key sites being refurbished include the Cape Coast and Elmina castles, and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park among others.
President Nana Addo...
LEGISLATION AND Legal Regimes (LLRs) are indispensable and important to the health and progress of professions, vocations and industries everywhere in the world. The LLRs become more indispensable when the profession and or the industry concerned is very universal, competitive and very sensitive like tourism, health, trade agriculture.
Ghana has...
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC) is projecting a revenue of US$2.3billion for this year through local and international visitor arrivals.
The ministry indicated the target revenue is possible as it is anticipating one million international tourists this year, and 800,000 domestic visitor-turnouts to various attractions in 2022.
Tourism...
The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) is seeking a return to profitability after a 10-member board of directors was inaugurated to administratively manage the country’s monuments and increase patronage by local and international tourists.
The board, as part of key responsibilities, was tasked with devising measures that attract tourists...
Tourism is a serious business! I should expect that anyone within the value chain would know that by now. Tourism goes beyond just entertainment and events; of course, they are a necessary component of tourism.
And even with that, it's the income these events or entertainment is able to generate...
