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 a meal you [...]
Read the rest of this story »A five-member delegation of the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary management board has toured the nine fringe communities to educate the people against practices that would affect the development of the sanctuary. The delegation, led by Mr. Edward Opoku, chairman of the board, included Mr. Kwabena Kyeremeh, board secretary and Mr. Anthony Dassah, wildfire division [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Allison Samuels | NEWSWEEK It takes four hours on an un-air-conditioned minibus called a tro-tros to get from Accra, the capital of Ghana, to the town of Elmina. The drive is lovely, especially when the road dances above the beautiful Cape Coast and when it enters Elmina’s twisty streets lined with palm trees and [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board has started rehabilitating the main Wa Naa’s Palace that is one of the tourist sites in the Upper West Region. The repair is as a result of the relative peace that is now prevailing in the Wa Municipality. The decision to repair the palace that crumbled because it has [...]
Read the rest of this story »The need to establish development funds to support the tourism industry came up during a discussion between the Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Tourism and Trade, the Ghana Tourism Federation (GHATOF) and the Ghana Tourist Board while visiting some tourism sites in the Central and Western regions. Members agreed that there was an [...]
Read the rest of this story »The President of Tour Guides Association of Ghana, Mr Nkunu Akyea has expressed concern about lack of places of convenience along major roads and at vantage points in cities and urban centres. He noted that lack of these facilities had caused a nightmare to tourists and tour guides when leading visitors to places of interest [...]
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