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, […]

Leading the formation of Women In Tourism (WIT) is CEO of Staple Travel & Tours Limited and current President of the Tour Operators Union of Ghana (TOUGHA), Mrs. Nancy Quartey Sam who also doubles as the first president of WIT. Speaking at an announcement dinner at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra, Mrs. Sam said […]