A visit to Nzulezu, a small hamlet constructed on the Amanzuri Lagoon off the Gulf of Guinea in the Western Region of Ghana, gives one a real adventure.
Every child who attains age four is given a boat to enable him/her free movement to other neighbouring villages. It is also believed that children in the community […]

The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), as part of preparation towards the African Cup of Nations tournament, is embarking on an exercise to check hygienic and security conditions at all hospitality facilities along the Accra-Kumasi route.
The Eastern Regional Director of the GTB, Mr. Sampson Donkor disclosed this at the opening of a three-day training programme for […]

The Aviation Ministry is to form a technical committee to examine the Sumbrungu Airstrip near Bolgatanga, to determine whether it would be suitable for development into an Airport, Ms Gloria Afua Akuffo, Minister of Aviation announced on Tuesday.
The Airstrip, which was constructed in the early 1990s showed signs of depression, allowing water to stagnate, with […]

The people of Yilo Krobo on Saturday showcased what defines them as a unique people when they descended on the Akutunya Lorry Park to observe the Ghana@50 edition of their annual Kloyosikplemi festival.
Hundreds of people wearing beads with matching African apparels filled the vast lorry square at Somanya with some scouring for space at near-by […]

The Ghana Tourist Board (GTB) has so far trained over 300 hospitality personnel nationwide to inject professionalism in their work ahead of the African Cup of Nations tournament scheduled for next year in the country.
Miss Beatrice Appiah-Kusi, Human Resource Development and Training Manager of the Board, said the training involved front office, food and beverage […]

Nana Ekua Otwuwa II, formerly Beatrice Benyarko, the new Queen mother of Gomoa Abrekum and Adontenhemaa of Gomoa Ajumako traditional area, was enstooled as queen on December 26, 2006 at Gomoa Abrekum of Gomoa.
In commemorating her enstoolment a ceremony was held at Branford Place in Newark New Jersey, USA. It was attended by family and […]

Awulae Annor Adjaye III, Omanhene of the Western Nzema traditional area, has led the chiefs and people of Benyin to celebrate the Kundum festival.
Kundum is an annual festival of the Nzemas to thank God and their ancestors for good harvest and health as well as protection.
The occasion attracted a large number of citizens of […]

WHOEVER thought that beating fontomfrom drums is the preserve of men might have got it wrong, as activities at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (WAFAC) at the Kumasi Centre for National Culture showed that women were equally capable on the drums.
Women from the Tanokrom Agroma Cultural Troupe, at the Sunyani Centre of National […]

The Government intends to spend GH 4,043,663 on the development of tourism next year.
The amount would be used to improve the standard of tourism marketing and services in both public and private sectors; upgrade and expand the stock of facilities and to facilitate the development of Old Accra.
Out of the total amount allocated to the […]

The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board on Wednesday officially opened a new museum that would focus on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade at the Ussher Fort prisons in Accra. The Museum funded by the European Union through UNESCO has in stock a collection of valuable personal effect of those who were involved in the slave trade […]