Article By: iafrica.com There’s more to travel than seeing a city from the back of a bus, or grabbing some franchised fast food. It’s about exploring and experiencing all that a destination has to offer. Throw away your map and get lost in a strange city. Find a restaurant filled with locals and savour [...]
Read the rest of this story »Eva, a 25-year-old prostitute in Amsterdam’s red-light district, gestures angrily in the direction of a rival who has slashed her rates as the economic crisis emboldens sex tourists to haggle. “People like her make it very difficult for the rest of us,” scowled the leggy, blonde Estonian as she dragged on a cigarette in skimpy [...]
Read the rest of this story »Managements in the hospitality industry have been urged to partner Metropolitan, Municipal, District Assemblies and traditional authorities to develop tourism in the country. Nii Ephraim, Effutu Municipal Chief Executive who made the call at a National Executive Meeting of Ghana Hoteliers Association in Winneba, said they could in addition, liase with Government to establish children [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has explained that it was the collective decision of the Council and not the Regional Minister alone to permit the rehabilitation of the royal mausoleum of the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi. The REGSEC said it only provided security for the rehabilitation of the royal mausoleum also known [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mr Alex Asum-Ahensah, Minister for Chieftaincy and Culture, on Tuesday called for private partnership and support for the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board (GMMB) in the preservation of the nation’s cultural heritage. He said most of the country’s forts and castles, which were built around the 18th Century, were in deplorable conditions and artefacts that [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Upper East Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture (CNC), Naa Luciani Tungbani, has said the Centre has no theatre and this was affecting most of its activities. He said even though there had been a foundation for the building of a theatre at Bolgatanga, work on it had come to a standstill. [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism on Monday hosted a team of American investors currently in Ghana to explore avenues of investment in the tourism and entertainment industry. The dream of the investors from ‘Atlantic Crossing’, an American based public-private partnership, was to elevate Accra to a "celebrated city" that would serve as [...]
Read the rest of this story »Mrs. Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism Ghana has been nominated by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to host the 30th edition of the World Tourism Day celebrations at an international level. The event, which is slated for September 21 to 27 2009, aims at fostering awareness among the international community of the [...]
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