As the day earmarked to celebrate tourism in the world draw closer, we share with you the official message of the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Ambassador Zurab Pololikashvili. This year's celebrations will be held in New Delhi-India. World Tourism Day is commemorated each year on 27 September, with celebrations led by UNWTO. [...]

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has declared September a Month of Tourism geared towards promoting domestic tourism and whipping up public interest. This coincides with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) celebration of the World Tourism Day (WTD) 2019 slated for September [...]

As several African Americans partake of the much-talked-about Year of Return, Tourism Minister, Barbara Oteng Gyasi says the business potential program it has had on Ghana's tourism so far has been phenomenal. Speaking at the ‘James Town to James Town’ African American Business Summit Barbara Oteng Gyasi said “the Year Of Return will be the [...]

The Ghana Tourism Authority will on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, launch the 2019 World Tourism Day celebration in Kumasi. This year's UNWTO World Tourism Day celebration is under the theme 'Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all’ will be held in Kumasi, with many activities. Some of the activities include Exhibition highlighting the theme, durbar, [...]

A monument has being unveiled at a site in Tema, Ghana, where the Greenwich Meridian runs southwards through the ocean to meet the equator at the centre of the earth making the country the closest to the centre. The Greenwich meridian (longitude zero degrees) meets with latitude zero degrees at the south of Ghana. That [...]

Ahead of the Year of Return edition of PANAFEST and Emancipation Day celebrations, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Barbara Oteng-Gyasi on Monday, paid a courtesy call on traditional leaders in the Central Region, where most of the activities will be taking place.   She briefed the authorities on the activities marking the yearlong, [...]

Ghana continues to be a leader in Africa when it comes to its relationship with the diaspora community. It’s the first country to have a Diaspora Affairs Office in the Presidency designed to focus on the needs of its people living outside the country.  The biennial Ghana Diaspora Celebration and Homecoming Summit, which runs from [...]

Women have been challenged to work together for the common good of dealing with the difficulties they face in their fields of endeavour. Especially for women in tourism, working in tandem with one another is very crucial in maximizing the opportunities that exist within the vast sector. These have been some of the outcomes today [...]

The Ghana Tourism Authority in partnership with the Women in Tourism Secretariat and the African Tourism Partners is organizing the 2nd annual Women in Tourism Summit and Masterclass at the Accra Tourist Information Centre (ATIC) on Thursday, 27th June 2019 under the theme: “EMPOWERING WOMEN IN GHANA’S TOURISM INDUSTRY”. Globally, tourism is being leveraged in [...]

Ghana and Jamaica have both waived entry visa requirements for citizens wanting to travel to and from these two countries, with effect from 1st July 2019. This was disclosed at a press conference addressed by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, after the two [...]