The Ghana National Fire Service together with the Ghana Police Service on Tuesday closed down six hotels and a guest house in Accra for not obtaining fire certificates. Some of the hotels are Beach Dive Hotel, New Vision Hotel, AAT Hotel and Marvellous Guest House, all located at Weija. The rest are Homey’s Palace, Siesta [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF), an umbrella organization of 14 trade associations in the tourism industry, on Tuesday officially opened a secretariat where members could meet and share vital information about the tourism industry. The secretariat located in the same building with the Hotel Catering and Tourism Training Institute (HOTCATT), was established with support from [...]
Read the rest of this story »Major Courage Quashigah (Rtd), Minister of Health has observed that if indigenous Ghanaian dishes were prepared and presented well and safely, they could have an enviable and important role to play in the tourism industry. To this end, he said, local dishes should be given the needed support from the public and other institutions concerned. [...]
Read the rest of this story »The first carnival to be held for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) dubbed; “Lifting the Spirit of ECOWAS at 33†was on Wednesday launched in Accra. The carnival, which is the initiative of Mr. Sampson Kweku Boafo, Minister for Culture and Chieftaincy Affairs, would be held from August 15-17 and would bring [...]
Read the rest of this story »Ghana’s tourism sector has recorded a 19-percent revenue increase, from GH¢987 million in 2006 to over GH¢1.2 billion in 2007. The sector also contributed 0.47 percent to gross domestic product (GDP) from 5.83 to 6.3 percent over the same period. Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Ghana Traditional Caterers Association (GTCA), has set up a special fund to support the education and training of members to promote of the preparation of local cuisines. Mr Emmanuel Ansong, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Association told the Ghana News Agency in an interview on Tuesday that, the fund would also support the [...]
Read the rest of this story »Major Courage Quashigah (rtd), Minister of Health has observed that the country’s dance forms could boost earnings from tourism if purposefully packaged. He stressed that Ghana should have ruled the world of tourism earnings with the splendour of its dance forms. Major Quashigah made the observation during the opening ceremony of the 5th delegates’ conference [...]
Read the rest of this story »SPEED Ghana, a GTZ-DANIDA programme in partnership with Touch City Tourism (TCT), has developed and launched an online portal, where Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can access information on Enterprise Information Service (EIS). It would also enable MSMEs to develop their own websites to market and promote their businesses online. The EIS concept focuses on [...]
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