In the toughest of trading years for the hospitality sector, 4-Star Accra City Hotel has been awarded the most sought-after title of ‘Ghana’s Leading Hotel’, for the third time in a row, at the international World Travel Awards 2021.
Roman Krabel, General Manager of Accra City Hotel said: “We are...
INDUSTRY/profession and or vocation specific calendar events and legislations including the World Tourism Day (WTD), World Pharmacy Day (WPD), World Blood Day (WBD), the Tourism Act 2011, Act 817, the Public Health Act 2012, Act 815 and a host of others have diverse significant positive effects and impacts on...
Credit rating agency Fitch Solutions has projected that Ghana’s tourist arrivals will have a 47 percentage points growth this year, due to ongoing vaccination of the citizenry and the easing of restrictions for inbound tourists.
The rating agency noted that the growth follows a 65.4 percentage points contraction recorded in...
The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture has entered into a partnership agreement with Fundación INCYDE, a Spanish entity, to train 150,000 people in Ghana’s tourism value chain.
The training will start in November 2021 and focus on skills development for staff of restaurants, hotels, travel and tour companies, tour...
Senior Lecturer and head of hospitality and hotel management (HTM) at the Tamale Technical University, Dr Alhassan Fatawu, has urged the government to use the hospitality and tourism sector to bridge the gender unemployment gap as many women have developed a keen interest in that area.
Judging from where he...
The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture has entreated Africans in the diaspora to leverage tourism as an inclusive growth to visit Ghana as part of government’s flagship ‘Beyond the Return’ programme.
Speaking at the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) World Tourism Day celebrations in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, Tourism...
The Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has charged the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to help mobilise COVID-19 vaccines to support the vaccination efforts in member-countries.
He said as the umbrella-body of Tourism promotion globally, UNWTO is in a better position to convince developed...
This year’s World Tourism Day has been slated for Monday, September 27, in the Hohoe municipality of the Volta Region. It will be celebrated under the theme, ‘Tourism for inclusive growth’. The celebration will reaffirm the sectors commitment to building a more prosperous and peaceful world through tourism with...
Africa’s Travel and Tourism Summit is just around the corner - and it promises to be the continent’s most exciting gathering of tourism stakeholders yet. There is no better way to kick-start the event than by dedicating a day to empower Future Pioneers and Game Changers in the tourism...
The GhanaTourism Authority has commenced a five-day training programme for 65 Inspectorate officers across the country at the Accra Tourist Information Centre (ATIC).
The training programme falls under the tourism component of government's 'Ghana Cares (Obaatanpa)' initiative and is aimed at exposing the inspectors to safety and security, industry best...