Archives for October, 2007

Ministry to turn handicraft villages into tourist sites

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and President’s Special Initiative says it has plans to turn all handicraft villages into tourist sites and showcase them on the web.
Mr Francis O. Kusi, Director of Investment and Financial Services at the Ministry, said on Wednesday that it would be easier for tourists to locate tourism […]

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Museum to promote Ghana, Danish heritage inaugurated

The University of Ghana and the National Museum of Denmark on Thursday inaugurated a 450,000-dollar renovated museum at Sesemi, near Abokobi, in the Ga East District, to serve as a tourist and research site to promote a common heritage between Ghana and Denmark.
The facility called “Federikgave” formerly known as “Royal Plantation” is one of several […]

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Attract German tourists to Ghana

Dr. Marius Haas, German Ambassador to Ghana, on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations to attract more German tourists to Ghana.
He said it was important that the Ministry created an office in Germany so that the personnel could contact tourists directly and convince them about the tourism products in Ghana.
Dr Haas made […]

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Ghana’s Tourism Provides 300,000 Jobs

The Eastern Regional Director for the National Commission for Women and Development [NCWD], Madam Jane Kwapong, has observed that the neglect of women is the neglect of the entire human race. She has, therefore, called for the education of women to acquire professional skills to enable them create wealth by themselves.
Madam Jane Kwapong made the […]

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