STORY: FROM MICHAEL SARPONG MFUM, TANOBOASE B/A Tano Sacred Grove in the Techiman Municipality of the Brong Ahafo region is one of the leading tourist sites in the country. The Grove, a Community Based-Ecotourism Project (CBEP), was started in 1996. With the help of the Ghana Association for the Conservation of Nature (GACON), the Tanoboase [...]
Read the rest of this story »BY: SMARTBIZ CORRESPONDENT Egypt One of the most captivating places to visit in Africa is the ancient Pyramids & Sphinx located just south of Cairo. Over 4,000 years old, the three Al Giza pyramids (Khufu, Khephren, and Khafre) are impressive in size alone. The iconic Great Sphinx, with its human head and lion body, sits [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – The Kumasi Zoological Gardens was last year adjudged the best domestic tourist attraction site in the country, registering more than 130,000 visitors. This helped the facility to rake in GH¢40,400. Mr Samuel Darkwa Nimoh, the Manager, told newsmen in Kumasi on Thursday that as of August 2009, revenue had surpassed the last year’s [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana and Nigeria have agreed to form the nucleus of a West African tourism renaissance aimed at setting the tone for the promotion of multi-destination tours in the sub-region. This was the outcome of discussions held between Mr. Julius Debrah, the Executive Director of the Ghana Tourist Board, and Otunba Segun Runsewe, the [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Louise Greenwood Africa Business Report, BBC World News Most of us go on holiday to soak up the sun and relax. How about having a colonic irrigation or even a nose job thrown into the bargain? Ghana is one African country targeting the boom in so-called “health tourism”. The Holy Trinity spa offers services [...]
Read the rest of this story »Accra, the nation’s capital and main gateway has interesting places to visit. The National Museum at Barnes Road has on show a large collection of pre-historic relics of early Stone Age civilizations which flourished in this part of West Africa. The items consist of stone tools like grinding stones, arrow heads and a large number [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Funko Beach, which was developed ten years ago as a tourist attraction and recreational center, is gradually losing its intended purpose and beauty. The beach has currently been turned into a haven ‘defecation centre,’ with its accompanying stench, and this has resulted in scaring away tourists who come to the beach for recreational [...]
Read the rest of this story »International Travel Writers on tour to parts of the country on Thursday lauded Ghana as the true gateway to Africa, citing the rich history, varied cultures, hospitality of the people and the tourism sites of the country. The travel writers, numbering 12, drawn from the UK, USA, Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Spain and [...]
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