Women in business and tourism call on the Tourism Minister, Hon. Barbara Oteng Gyasi
Executives of Women in Business and Tourism pay a Courtesy Call on Hon Minister of Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture to welcome her to her new role as the Minister of Tourism, Creative Arts and Culture. The Executive team was led by the President of Women in Business and Tourism Miss Eunice Ogbugo, the Vice [...]
Kofi Kingston’s Mother and Film Crew Visit Ghana Tourism Authority
Accra - May 29, 2019 / Written by Ivy Prosper Kofi Kingston’s team, along with his mother, Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah, paid a visit to the Ghana Tourism Authority ahead of his arrival on 30th May 2019. In the surprise visit, Mr Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), introduced them to the “Year of Return” [...]
Board inaugurated to manage Bunso Arboretum tourism
The Ghana Tourism Authority together with the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council has inaugurated a five-member management board to see to the affairs of the Bunso Arboretum tourism site located at Bunso in the Eastern Region. They are expected to elevate the tourist site to a world-class eco-tourism destination. The members are Mr Ekow Sampson, Deputy CEO [...]
Year of Return: 2019 MMG Foundation Annual Homecoming Dinner and Dance launched
This year’s edition of the MMG Foundation Annual Homecoming Dinner and Dance has been launched and is scheduled to take place at the Accra International Conference Centre on August 17. The 2019 event will also celebrate the 132 years of Marcus Garvey and the determination and resilience of historically unique Africans who have demonstrated Pan-African [...]
Year of Return: Youth In Tourism Festival Launched
The Tourism Society of Ghana (TOSOGHA) in partnership with the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Year of Return Steering Committee has today launched the Youth in Tourism Festival (YOTOFEST) at the Accra Tourist Information Centre. The festival will among other things, allow for greater local participation, especially the youth in the year-long commemoration of the [...]
Nana Addo Asks Tourism Ministry, Tourism Authority To Build Pan-African Legacy of Early Leaders
President Nana Addo has tasked the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Creative Artsand the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA)to build on what he described as the pan-African legacy of Ghana’s early leaders. He made the call in a statement read on his behalf by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, at [...]
Tourism Act and Regulations Are To Develop Sector
Mr. Alex Boakye, Director, Standards and Quality Assurance, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has said the revised Tourism Act (2019), would expand the mandate of the Authority. This he said would reposition the industry by ensuring strict compliance with laid down regulations on facilities and their management. He said the new regulations would boost the nation's [...]
Ada Foah Tourism
About Ada Foah has for a long time now been the paradise town of the Greater Accra region of Ghana with a lot to see and do. The typical Ghanaian warmth flows easily from village to village and on the streets with each person serving as a potential tour guide. Ada is vitally the only. […]
Promoting Domestic Tourism: The Responsibility of Every Ghanaian
The fortunes of Ghana’s tourism has for a long time been hinged on the magnanimity of foreign tourists and visitors. While this phenomenon may not be bad considering that the country needs foreign cash, it is imperative we shift focus on scaling up numbers in the domestic tourism sector. The need to grow this aspect [...]
President cuts sod for the for Elmina Heritage Bay Tourism Project.
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, […]