STORY: CHARITY A. SACKITEY
The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) in collaboration with the Ghana Police Service and the Tourism Safety and Security (TOSS), a non-governmental organisation, has officially outdoored the Ghana Tourism Police Task Force (GTPTF).
The GTPTF will be a specialised unit within the Ghana police to provide security and safety for tourists and at tourism [...]
GNA – The first Ghana Family Fun Day (GFFD), an initiative of the Ministry of Tourism aimed at projecting and boosting domestic tourism on major national holidays has been held at Aburi in the Eastern Region.
It involves various social and outdoor games including football, playing cards, oware, as well as health screening, [...]
An initiative to market football in Ghana as a tourism product is being promoted under a public-private sector partnership. Dubbed “Ghana ‘4’ Gold South Africa 2010”, the project is building on the soccer laurels of the Ghanaian national teams to sell the country’s investment and tourism potentials to the international community.
The project is being organized [...]
By Kevin McKeough, Special to the Tribune
To help raise money for Chicago high school students to travel to Ghana, the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International brought a bit of Ghana to them during the band’s benefit concert at Lincoln Hall Sunday evening.
Composed of local jazz musicians, the Occidental Brothers revive the sounds of classic African [...]
GNA – Mr Julius Debrah, the newly appointed Executive Director of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), has vowed to ensure effective and pragmatic measures to substantially increase the country’s foreign exchange earnings from tourism.
He has therefore urged all stakeholders in the sector to play their roles well to achieve this goal
Mr Debrah said this at [...]
Ghana Tourist Board is feverishly preparing for next year’s edition of the annual paragliding festival in Kwahu during the Easter festivities.
In a statement released in Accra, the Board indicated that the next package, the fifth in a series, will include other activities such as a marathon race and adventure hikes on the Odweanoma Mountain at [...]
GNA – Mrs. Mary Agangmikre, the Upper East Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board, on Thursday warned operators of hotels and institutions in the tourism sector that the Board would close down tourist facilities particularly hotels that did not meet the required standards.
She told the GNA that warnings had been [...]
GNA – Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, Majority Leader in Parliament on Monday chastised operators in the hospitality industry for poor working ethics.
He expressed dissatisfaction about services at the Holy Trinity SPA Centre at Sogakope, in spite of the huge investment in the edifice.
Mr Bagbin claimed that services at [...]
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