Awal tasks new GTA board
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has implored the new management board of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to work assiduously on deepening the country’s tourism gains going forward.
The GTA, the lead implementing agency of policies and initiatives of...
The Turkish government is ready to collaborate with the Ashanti Region to explore tourism and cultural-related opportunities, for socio-cultural and economic benefits of both countries, Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Ozlem Ergun Uluesen, has said.
According to Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, economies all over the world are diversifying, and the tourism...
Endowed with almost 800 bird species, and huge potentials for birdwatching trade, Ghana is yet to boost that aspect of ecotourism and fully develop it for revenue generation purposes.
While there are at least, a birdwatching spot in every region in Ghana, the Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site, Ankasa Resource Reserve,...
…and rapidly transform Ahafo, Bono, Oti & other new regions
TOURISM is a very broad multi-purpose and holistic industry which is founded on natural, man-made, cultural and heritage resources. The industry has emerged stronger and stood-out as the biggest, fastest and largest industry and consolidated its rating as an international...
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has held the second edition of the Sound Out art exhibition in Accra to provide a platform for local artists to showcase their talents and works.
Besides providing a platform for the artists to market their products locally, GEPA wants to use this platform...
The Royal Senchi Hotel has maintained Mrs. Akosua Amoateng as the International Brand Ambassador of the four-star hospitality resort.
A statement by the hotel, signed by Mr Emmanuel Mensah, Head of Sales and Marketing and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, said Mrs. Amoateng met and exceeded the...
… makes Ghana an expensive tourist destination
With nearly 20 taxes and levies slapped on patrons in the tourism and hospitality industry, Ghana has become an expensive tourist destination in the West Africa sub region in comparison to other similar destinations on the continent.
Though ranked by Tripadvisor as the most...
Dr Awal announces at UNWTO youth tourism summit
Government, in the next two years, will train and empower ten thousand Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector with an allocated investment capital of GH¢120 million for capacity building, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim...
Policy & Strategy review and reforms …to holistically harness national potential on best & sound practice principles for sustainable & responsible industry, inclusive & balance national development
ENACTMENTS, legislations and legal regimes, (laws) including conventions, rules, best industry practices, code of ethics are integral aspect and instrumental to the health,...
… domestic tourists must be the focus
The Pan African Historical Theatre Project now known as PANAFEST was mooted by the late Efua Sutherland in the mid-1980s as a cultural vehicle for bringing Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora together around the issues raised by slavery which...