Articles from the ‘Other Stories’ category
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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Posted by Contributor on April 2, 2010 at 2:28 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
Ghana is home to a number of diverse peoples and cultures. Ghana is located on coast line, that’s why was previously called gold Coast of South Africa. People here are by far the nicest and most polite. If you book your cheap flights to Ghana and meet Ghanaian people you will admire these people who [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 24, 2010 at 12:56 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
GNA – Most people in the tourism business have very little knowledge about the policies and laws in the industry, Mr Quame Kokroh, a consultant to SPEED Ghana, an organisation that promotes business development services said on Tuesday. A study conducted by SPEED, Ghana to analyse the tourism operating environment and identify improvement opportunities attributed [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 16, 2010 at 2:55 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
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 [...]
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Posted by Contributor on March 9, 2010 at 8:34 am in Other Stories, Travel & 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, keep fit [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 8, 2010 at 2:13 pm in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
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 [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 2, 2010 at 9:34 am in Other Stories, Travel & Tourism
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 [...]
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