Articles from the ‘Other Stories’ category
Posted by Contributor on August 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
Over 1,500 foreign and local tourists are expected to attend this year’s Agotime Kente Festival at Kpetoe. The festival, scheduled between August 5 and September 5 on the theme, “Kente, our heritage for wealth creation,” has a history of high patronage from tourists. Last year over 1,000 tourists were said to have attended the grand [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 1:47 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the Eastern Regional Minister, has said investment in tourism was a key factor to employment generation to fulfill the government’s agenda of a better Ghana. He said the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) was taking a look at tourism facilities in the region to be able to improve upon those facilities to attract [...]
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Posted by Contributor on August 13, 2010 at 12:07 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
Beach Tourism is the largest Tourism revenue sector world-wide. Ghana has developed in terms of beaches and resorts to satisfy accommodate and entertain tourists worldwide. Unfortunately, this specific tourism attribute has been neglected since in the past, we lacked Infrastructure relevant to enable us explore this venture.The private sector has made major investments in terms [...]
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Posted by Chronicle on August 10, 2010 at 10:14 am in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
credit:Daniel Nornor The Minister of Tourism, Mrs. Sabah Zita Okaikoi has called on investors to take advantage of the general incentives available when they decide to invest in the tourism sector. According to the Minister the government recognizing the capability of the tourism sector to transform the economy and also create employment for the citizenry [...]
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Posted by Contributor on July 15, 2010 at 10:06 am in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
South Africa cleaned up at the annual World Travel Awards for Africa last week, winning 36 awards out of the total 49 categories. Despite the pyramids, Egypt, its nearest rival, managed to win only four. For the sixth time in seven years the city of Cape Town was named Africa’s leading destination, at an awards [...]
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Posted by Contributor on June 16, 2010 at 10:06 am in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
BY: ANOUK ZIJLMA, South Africa has a high-crime rate and safety is a major concern for everyone during the 2010 World Cup. FIFA and the South African government are very aware that safety is the number one concern for visitors, and they’re spending over a billion Rand to ensure that all runs smoothly. I’ve put [...]
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Posted by Contributor on May 22, 2010 at 9:09 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
As the world comes together to celebrate 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, UNWTO is happy to announce that the World Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations, hosted officially this year by China, will take place under the theme Tourism and Biodiversity (27 September, Guangdong Province). The theme provides a unique opportunity to raise public awareness [...]
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Posted by Contributor on April 27, 2010 at 2:44 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
South African Tourism (the organization responsible for the marketing and promotion of South Africa as a world-class destination) has kicked off its annual West Africa Trade Road Show event in Ghana. Held at Holiday Inn in Accra, the event featured a one-day, tailor-made Trade Workshop which aims to update Ghanaian tour operators and travel agents [...]
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