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Jan
2019
Inside Ghana’s Elmina Castle is a haunting reminder of its grim past
Posted by: Collins /4074

Source: Tanni Deb, CNN and Segun Akande, for CNN (CNN Africa) Across Africa, from the north of the Sahara to the West African coast sit many relics of the continent’s early interactions with Europe. In Ghana, two of the country’s most famous spectacles, Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle are truly imposing. But their ancient walls were […]

02

Jan
2019
CNN Travel lists Ghana as place to visit in 2019
Posted by: Collins /54073

In article by Barry Neild, published some few hour ago, CNN Travel recommended Ghana as one of 19 destinations for 2019 travellers. This comes at the back of a publication by Travel Lemming listing Ghana as one of the top 5 destinations to visit in Africa in 2019. Singling out efforts marketing Ghana as a […]

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Dec
2018
2018 Culture Afrochella ‘wows’ patrons
Posted by: Collins /22881

What seemed to be the last major event on the tourism calendar for 2018 did not disappoint patrons. The 2018 Culture Afrochella dubbed #afrochella18 came off at the El-wak Sports Stadium on Saturday December 29, 2018 bringing traffic to a stand-still.     The beautifully and artistically designed entrance was just a foretaste of what was […]

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Dec
2018
Colourful Bonwire Kente Festival Held
Posted by: Collins /35401

The Bonwire Kente Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Bonwire in the Ashanti Region to mark the invention of kente. The celebration, which drew a number of people, both residents and non-residents, to the durbar grounds, was on the theme: “Harnessing Kente Heritage, for Sustainable Economic Empowerment.”      This year’s […]

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Dec
2018
GTA wins two awards at African Travel Times Magazine 2018 Awards
Posted by: Collins /1405

The African Travel Times Magazine Awards was instituted to recognise excellence in the travel and tourism/aviation sector in  West Africa. The Awards ceremony was held at the Accra City Hotel, Accra on the 13th December 2018, it was in recognition of the great zeal the Authority and its CEO have demonstrated in the promotion and […]

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Dec
2018
2018 Ghanaian Christmas version of “12 Days of Christmas” goes viral
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A Ghanaian Band Kwan Pa Band, has released what is turning out to be the 2018 Christmas carol which has already gone viral on various social media platforms. Kwan Pa Band gave viewers the hilarious version of the the popular “12 Days of Christmas” carol at Joy Prime TV Studio. This has been described as typical […]

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Dec
2018
GTA launches Ada As Tourism Enclave
Posted by: Collins /1736

ADA AS A TOURISM ENCLAVE The Ghana Tourism Authority in partnership with the Ada East District Assembly have together launched a project aimed at promoting Ada Foah area as a tourism enclave. This was done at a ceremony organized at Ada Foah yesterday. Amongst the numerous tourism potentials of Ada include spots for marine watching, […]

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Nov
2018
Wechiau Adventures 4
Posted by: Collins /1589

This is the final episode of Kofi Akpabli’s Wechiau Adventures I strolled past the main mosque and descended to the Wechiau market. By now the mid day sun was at its shinning best. Wechiau market occurs every sixth day. My tour began with a quick fix for lunch. I had fish caught fresh from the […]

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Nov
2018
Wechiau Adventures 3
Posted by: Collins /1449

The third episode of Kofi Akpabli’s Wechiau Adventure Having seen all I wanted to see I signalled to my party. Before we set off, our boatman decided to scoop out water from the canoe. Shortly after we set sail, we met another boat with a white couple. They wove gingerly to us. Getting to Wechiau […]