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Okyehene marks 10th Anniversary with grand durbar

Sunday, November 22, 2009
The th Anniversary of the enstoolment of Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II as Okyehene has been held with a renewed vigour to arrest the state of environmental degradation in the countryPresident John Evans Atta Mills led a government delegation including the Eastern Regional Minister Samuel Ofosu Ampofo Minister of Environment Science and ... Read more

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Ghana, Nigeria To Form Tourism Nucleus

Friday, November 13, 2009
Ghana and Nigeria have agreed to form the nucleus of a West African tourism renaissance aimed at setting the tone for the promotion of multidestination tours in the subregion This was the outcome of discussions held between Mr Julius Debrah the Executive Director of the Ghana Tourist Board and Otunba Segun Runsewe the Director General of the ... Read more

Oguaa Assembly to boost tourism

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Metropolitan Chief Executive for Cape Coast Mr Anthony Egyir Aikins said the assembly is evolving strategies to facilitate the growth of the tourism industry generate employment for the people and attract the needed foreign exchange for developmentIt will in this regard redesign the ancient city of Cape Coast by rezoning the coastal ... Read more

MADE IN TURKEY EXHIBITION 12-15 NOVEMBER 2009 LA ACCRA

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
TRADITION IN INNOVATIONIt is a great honour for us that for the first time in the history of the GHANA to announce TURKISH EXPORT PRODUCTS Fair considered by the economic actors of the region as the most important fair TURKEY can present itself as a Partner CountryTURKISH enterprises are participating in this program of outstanding import ... Read more

MMT introduces "Weekend Drive" to boost Tourism

Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Metro Mass Transit Limited MMT is to introduce a service called Weekend Drive to support governments quest of encouraging the growth of domestic tourism and making it the number one foreign income earner The service which will commence in November this year is also aimed at providing an affordable means of transportation for G ... Read more

Ayafie tourist centre inaugurated

Sunday, October 25, 2009
A leisure facility built around the Ayafie Waterfall has been launched for the purposes of tourist attractionThe Chiefs and people of Gbadzeme in the Avatime Traditional Area on Saturday held a durbar to launch facility The Waterfall said to be little known is a meter tumble of the perennial River Oteahavor from the mountains of Am ... Read more

UN World Tourism Celebrations in Ghana was a flop

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The just ended UN World Tourism Celebrations hosted by Ghana has been described as a flop and denied the country the necessary benefits it should have gained from hosting such a conference Former Deputy Minister of Tourism in the Kufuor administration Kofi Osei Ameyaw says the current administration showed gross ineptitude in the o ... Read more

Tourists visit Tetteh Quarshie Cocoa farm

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the United Nations Tourism Organization UNWTO has embarked on a cocoa trail to the Eastern Region to climax the weeklong World Tourism celebrations in GhanaThe trip which was supposed to be the culmination of the weeklong celebrations took the team including foreign dignitaries ministers of ... Read more

Government to implement Tourism Development Plan

Monday, September 28, 2009
President John Evans Atta Mills on Sunday observed that the implementation of a fouryear tourism sector medium term development plan would take off next year In a speech read on his behalf at the opening of the think tank session of the ongoing World Tourism Day celebration he said The tourism sector medium term development plan wi ... Read more

Travel By Numbers: Ghana

Monday, September 28, 2009
Two months after President Obamas visit the coastal West African nation hosts the th UN World Tourism Day tomorrow The position in size of Lake Volta the planets largest manmade lake Day trips on the lake are offered by Expert Travel and cost US per person including lunch expertravelcomgh The start ... Read more

Tourism practitioners discuss sex tourism

Saturday, September 26, 2009
Participants at an International Tourism conference on Friday condemned tourists who exploit children sexually pointing out that the act had legal implicationsMr Abdul Razak Yakubu Programmes Coordinator of Enslavement Prevention Alliance West Africa EPAWA a nongovernmental organisation NGO that advocates against sex tourism ... Read more

Huge tourist arrivals overwhelms Kakum staff

Friday, September 25, 2009
Even though tourist arrivals at Kakum Park in the Central Region reached in only tour guides are at post at the national tourist site an official of the park said on Wednesday We have staff members out of which only of us are tour guides the rest are security persons front desk staff and other peripheral staff Ms K ... Read more

Mole Game Reserve – A must see for every Tourist

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Located in the Tamale Region of Northern west Ghana hours drive from Tamale is the Mole Game Reserve Covering an area of square kilometres of land httpimgmodernghanacomimagescontentelephantsjpgthe Mole Game Reserve is the longest fully established national park in Ghana This beautiful park has mammalian spe ... Read more
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