President John Agyekum Kufuor on Saturday inaugurated the 21.2 million-dollar refurbished Golden Tulip Kumasi City, formerly the City Hotel, one of the nation’s foremost prized assets in the hospitality industry.
With this, Kumasi, which is one of the venues for the “Ghana CAN 2008” Tournament is now ready to play host to its expected share of […]

Twenty new hotels have applied for registration in preparation towards Ghana 2008 in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.
Additionally, individuals have registered 20 home lodges and several guest facilities to accommodate the fans.
Mr Mike Kpimgbi, Principal Resource Officer of the Ghana Tourist Board (GTB), disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Takoradi on […]

THE CONCERNED Citizens Action Front has urged the government to take advantage of the rare opportunity of hosting CAN 2008 to showcase Ghana’s rich cultural heritage to the outside world and enhance tourism.
Mr. K. Nimako-Amprako, chairman of the movement in a statement issued in Kumasi, noted that the pace of preparations towards the soccer fiesta […]

Government has been asked to develop and adopt policies to create an enabling environment to promote tourism in the country. These policies would allow the country to exercise greater control over the product and services offered on the international market. The Chief Executive Officer of Starline Travel and Tours and Training Institute, Nana Prempeh Anin-Bonsu […]

Mr. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations on Wednesday announced the institution of a Diasporan Visa to facilitate and encourage many Diasporans to return to Ghana several times and possibly invest in Ghana.
He announced also the offering of a DNA Map, to enable Diasporans who take a DNA test to have the opportunity […]

Minister for Tourism and Diasporan Relations Asamoah Boateng, has stated that the difficulty in constituting a new board for the Ghana Tourist Board is due to the fragmented nature of operators in the hospitality industry.
He said, the GTB was brought into force by a decree in 1973, at a time when its membership was skewed […]

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 […]

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 […]