Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in collaboration with the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) have launched the Emancipation Day celebrations and “Do Ghana” Travel Festival at the Accra Tourism Information Centre (ATIC) in Accra to kick-start activities lined up for this year’s programme. The celebration, on the theme: “Our Heritage, Our Strength, with a sub-theme: ‘Leveraging [...]

Nearly 100 people joined the Virtual Launch for PANAFEST 2021 on a Zoom Conference led by Rabbi Kohian, Executive Director for PANAFEST Foundation and Professor Esi Sutherland-Addy, Chairperson for the PANAFEST Foundation.  The festival was officially launched and is set to take place 23rd July – 3rd August 2021 under the theme, ‘Securing the African [...]

GETP & GTDP Covid Response Grant Project Background Government is implementing the COVID-19 Response Grant Programme as part of the World Bank Funded Ghana Economic Transformation Project (GETP) and the Ghana Tourism Development Project (GTDP). These two World Bank Funded initiatives seek to respectively, promote private investments and firm growth in non-resource-based sectors as well [...]

Digya National Park which can be located at the Sene East District offers an unforgettable experience to interested tourists. This National Park is recommended for adventurous tourists since its accessibility proves to be a bit difficult. The park covers an area of 3,475km of undulating terrain with sandstone inselbergs. Lying on the Western border of […]

About Bono East The Bono East Region is a new region carved out of the then Brong Ahafo Region. The capital of the new region is Techiman. Bono East covers a land area of 22,952 square kilometers and has a population size of about One (1) million people. Tourist Sites / Attractions The Bono East […]

The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has inaugurated a Cross-Sectional Steering Committee to work with the Ghana Tourism Authority in the implementation of the “Beyond the Return” project. ‘BEYOND THE RETURN’ is a follow-up to the successful ‘YEAR OF RETURN, GHANA 2019’ campaign which commemorated the 400 years of the first enslaved [...]

Image Guide Guidelines and Protocols for the tourism and hospitality industry (food & beverage, events, tourist sites & attractions) These protocols are issued in line with the evolving trends with regard to the COVID-19 Pandemic and are to keep visitors, employees, vendors, and the entire tourism industry value chain safe. The operational protocols are updated [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted all destinations worldwide to introduce restrictions on travel, research by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has found. This represents the most severe restriction on international travel in history and no country has so far lifted restrictions introduced in response to the crisis.   Following up on previous research, the latest [...]

The Chefs Association has launched a project to feed frontlines fighting against COVID-19. this was made known at a presentation at the Accra Tourist Information Centre. Chefs Association has set up four (4) industrial kitchens to cook for front-line staff fighting COVID-19. Chefs Association has pledged to provide 1,000 packs of food for the next [...]

COVID 19 UPDATE AS AT 20TH MAY 2023