The Gonja Youth Association on behalf of the people of Laribanga, a small community in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region, has noted with grave concern the rate at which inhabitants were being killed by wild animals from the Mole National Park, a nearby game reserve. “Over the past 20 years, the people [...]
Read the rest of this story »A panel of leading tourism and biodiversity experts will meet in China on World Tourism Day (WTD) to explore the synergies between tourism, biodiversity and sustainable development in an event marking the official celebrations of WTD 2010 (27 September). WTD, is held this year under the theme ‘Tourism and Biodiversity’, in support of the United [...]
Read the rest of this story »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 [...]
Read the rest of this story »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 [...]
Read the rest of this story »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 [...]
Read the rest of this story »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 [...]
Read the rest of this story »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 [...]
Read the rest of this story »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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