Year of Return: Full Circle Festival to bring 500 stars to Ghana
The 2019/2020 edition of the annual Full Circle Festival is set to see some five hundred (500) people tour and experience Ghana from December 2019 to January 2020. The 2019 Full Circle Festival is in partnership with Essence Ventures thus dubbed Essence Full Circle Festival. It will take place in Accra in December and complete the Year [...]
Ghana Draws African-American Tourists With ‘Year Of Return’
CAPE COAST – US preacher Roxanne Caleb blinked away the tears as she emerged from a pitch-dark dungeon where African slaves were once held before being shipped across the Atlantic to America. “I wasn’t prepared for this. I’m heartbroken,” she told AFP as she toured the Cape Coast slave fort on Ghana’s ocean shore. “My [...]
60-year-old giant tortoise on display at Ghana’s WTD celebration
Two giant tortoises stole the show at the 2019 World Tourism Day (WTD), held at the Centre for National Culture, Kumasi. The two rare-species tortoises aged 40 and 60, were put on display at the 'Wildlife Stand' of the exhibition, to showcase the nation's rich biodiversity. Also on display was a royal python, a non-venomous [...]
Year of Return: The Du Bois-Padmore-Nkrumah lecture series held in Accra
By Hafsa Obeng, GNA Accra, Sept. 20, GNA – The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the Du Bois Centre in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority has held the Du Bois-Padmore-Nkrumah lecture series in commemoration of the “Year of Return”. The annual event, which was also in collaboration with the George Padmore Library [...]
Spanish Gov’t to renovate Forts and Castles in Ghana’s Western Region
The Spanish Government has promised to renovate all forts and castles in the Western Region of Ghana as part of its agenda to boost tourism and enrich the cultural values of the Western Region and Ghana at large. Through the leadership of the Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah in a request put forward [...]
DELEGATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO GHANA TO COMMEMORATE YEAR OF RETURN
Nearly 300 African Americans reconnected with their African roots in the journey of a lifetime marking the 400th Anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade NAACP led a delegation of nearly 300 African Americans, ranging in age from 4 to 90, on a transformative journey from Jamestown, VA to Jamestown, Ghana to reconnect with their African [...]
GTA begins nationwide sensitisation and training for informal food & beverage sector
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has begun a nationwide training and sensitization programme for informal food and beverage sector. The programme which began today at the Accra Technical University brought together food vendors from within and around the Central Business District of the capital city to discuss issues of food hygiene and proper ways of [...]
Ghana draws African-American tourists with the ‘Year of Return’
US preacher Roxanne Caleb blinked away the tears as she emerged from a pitch-dark dungeon where African slaves were once held before being shipped across the Atlantic to America. “I wasn’t prepared for this. I’m heartbroken,” she said as she toured the Cape Coast slave fort on Ghana’s ocean shore. “My mind still can’t wrap [...]
Business summit and city tours encourage year of return visitors to invest in Ghana on day 4 of Jamestown to Jamestown
The participants of the Jamestown to Jamestown journey continued the Ghanaian leg of their trip by exploring two complementing sectors in Accra, the cultural landmarks and monuments of the city, and the prime opportunities for investment the city, and to a larger extent, the country presents for the Black Diaspora. Participants going through registration process [...]
Travel Woman lists Ghana as one of the Best places to visit in 2019
The Travel Woman, a women's travel guide has ranked Ghana as one of the best places to travel to in 2019. Ghana was touted as a heritage destination with more forts and castles related to the trans-Atlantic Slave trade than other African countries. The publication also mentioned the "Year of Return' celebrations as a major [...]