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...
THE national tourism development aspiration drive is on and continue to new stakeholders, players and new innovations especially among development proactive Municipal, Metropolitan and District Assemblies (MMDAs) across the country, which give fresh impetus, resurgence and energies which feed and promote the overall dynamic and evergreen burgeoning national tourism...
Hollard Ghana, an insurance group, has once again partnered with Citi FM and Citi TV on this year’s Heritage Caravan.
The group, made up of Hollard Life Assurance and Hollard Insurance Ghana, are supporting the caravan with substantial financial commitments.
According to the group, they see the initiative as one that...
In 2005, the late Jake and his advisors at the time saw the drifting away of our youth into an unprecedented level of promiscuity. I remember whiles in Achimota secondary school, Valentine Day had become fashionable and students at the time will spend so much money on Valentine Day...
TOURISM defines a very broad multi-sectoral and competitive socio-economic industry that is founded on man-made, natural, cultural and heritage resources. It is an incomparable multi-purpose and multi-million dollar modern developmental and pro-infrastructural promotional industry.
It stands out as an indispensable modern, universal and crucial cash cow, which has played strategic...
DEVELOPMENT is accountability is the first and foremost objective of our local governance and the decentralization framework the process as it currently stands is very slow as a result of the non-election of Mayors, Municipal Chief Executives and District Chief Executives, (MMDCEs) and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, (MMDAs),...
The African cup of nations was first held in February 1957 in Khartoum, Sudan where Egypt defeated the hot nations in the final. The competition has served as a showcase for the talents of African players. The 33rd edition just ended and it brought the world’s attention on Cameroon.
Many...
Not many youths in the country are interested in promoting domestic tourism. Probably, the fear is that any investment you commit to it may not yield the expected returns, as patronage of our domestic tourist centres have not really been encouraging.
It means you need someone who is business inclined...
GTA projects GH¢15.9m profit in 2022
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has collected revenue of GH¢15.1million, being the amount accrued from payments of the 1 percent tourism levy into the Tourism Development Fund (TDF) during the 2021 operational year, the Fund’s Administrator, Prince Yaw Essah, has revealed.
Mr. Essah was...
