2018 Tour, Site and Coach Guides Training In her bid to streamline the activities of tour, site and coach guides in order to maintain industry standards while creating a pool of professional to drive tourism, the Ghana Tourism Authority has organised training programmes for operators across the country. The Tour Guides Training Programme was […]
Accra, Ghana (CNN)Melania Trump spent her second day in Ghana touring a former slave outpost and learning about some of the country’s tragic past, as part of her first solo trip abroad as first lady. After receiving ceremonial permission to enter the area, Trump made the brief motorcade drive to Cape Coast Castle, a massive compound […]
The “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” is a major landmark marketing campaign targeting the African – American and Diaspora Market to mark 400 years of the Slave Trade. The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture is leading the project in collaboration with the Office of Diaspora […]
The Tour Guides Registration, Licensing andTraining programme was held from 12th – 14th September, 2018. The Greater Accra / Tema Region began and lasted for 3 days. The First 2 days were theory class training whilst the 3rd day was the practical field work training. The Tours on the 3rd day took course participants to […]
The President, H. E. Nana Akufo-Addo cut sod for project which involves an enhancement of the immediate surroundings of the Elmina Castle. It includes the following; Receptive Facility that will provide a dignified welcome to visitors, a reverential garden, improved parking spaces, an event grounds, waterfront seats , busts of iconic Ghanaians, Africans and African-American, […]
As part of its objective to develop domestic tourism, through Ghanaian culture and creative arts, the Ghana Tourism Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and its partner agencies has outdoored the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, Feel Ghana” campaign in a bid which also aimed at igniting the […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has presented certificates of participation to winners of the National Chocolate Day 2017 Social Media campaign at a short ceremony at the GTA Headquarters in Accra. The competition organized as part of the celebrations for the National Chocolate Day was to drive interest and awareness of tourist sites in the […]
Ghana has been elected to serve on the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) at the 21st session of the General Assembly of the UNWTO held in Medellin, Colombia. The Executive Council is the UNWTO’s highest decision making body and responsible for ensuring that the organisation carries out its mandate. The […]
Ghana has been listed among 36 countries to be visited by travellers in 2016. The list was compiled by a group of 35 experienced and well-travelled bloggers from around the world, who specialise in adventure travel, ecotourism, cultural travel and family travel. Ghana continues to find a sustainable means of expanding and harnessing its tourism […]
The Ghana Tourism Authority under the Auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts is marking this year’s National chocolate day with tours to cocoa farms and line of activities in Accra. This year’s celebration is under the theme: ‘Chocolate: The Gift of Love’ and it will be held at the West Hills […]
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