The Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations is to redesign the Osu Oxford Street, a premier business centre in Accra, to become a world- class commercial avenue to boost tourism and investment revenue.
To this effect, the sector Minister, Mr. Stephen Asamoah Boateng, his deputy, Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw and other key players in the tourism […]

Mr. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations, has said the Ministry would soon launch an integral local and international tourism promotion campaign to generate excitement and traffic for the Ghana CAN 2008 football fiesta opening next January.
He said the campaign, which would be launched in a couple of weeks, would also support the […]

Ghanaians who would be trooping to the Efua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra on November 3 would witness real Japanese Yosakoi dance when the Ghana Yosakoi Dance Festival opens.
The organizers of the dance festival promise a more exciting festival this time round, better than previous ones.
Throwing more light on the history behind the dance festival […]

A GH¢50,000 (¢500 million) six classroom block with an office, store and washroom facilities has been opened at the Awudome Tsito Local Authority Primary School in the Ho Municipality at a ceremony during the weekend.
The Netherlands Embassy in Ghana, the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church and the Ho Municipal Assembly funded the project, which […]

Money Systems International has been operating in several US cities for more than four years. The company is the latest entrant into the competitive money transfer landscape in the U.S. although it is not so new elsewhere in Africa and Europe.
Their U.S. representative, Mr. S.K. McCarthy, based in New Jersey, says the company, being […]

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Ghana CAN 2008 Africa Cup of Nations will climax the Odwira Festival of the Chiefs and People of the Aburi Traditional Area on Saturday with its Road Show to enable the masses have a close and visual view of the trophy of the Nations Cup.
The Road Show, one […]

Although the Ghanaians have been at the this particular travel exhibition right from inception, and their participation has not been marked by the choice of a Ghanaian word as name of the fair, government of the West African country has lent its support through participation of its Tourism Minister.
Entering its third edition this year, the […]

The Chief, Assemblymen and people of the Nyariga Community have decided to institute an annual cultural festival, “Nyariga Tinmaliko”.
According to the Assemblyman for Nyariga, Mr John Nyaaba, it was decided to institute the festival after considering the social, cultural and economic development challenges facing the area and the need to raise funds to implement programmes […]

Vice President Aliu Mahama has tasked the Akuapem South District Assembly to take urgent measures to have the Aburi Botanical Gardens rehabilitated.
In that direction, he has asked the assembly to liaise with ministries of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment and the Tourism and Diaspora for assistance to resurrect the gardens.
The Vice President said this […]

The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has entreated proprietors of tourist facilities in the country to ensure that majority of their employees are trained to run their businesses. Mr Ekow Sampson, Chief Architect and Acting Ashanti Regional Manager of the GTB, said the practice where industry operators hired relatives without any basic knowledge about the profession […]