The Ministry of Tourism and Diasporan Relations would in the middle of this year commence a comprehensive training programme for artisans in the country.
The programme is meant to upgrade the skills and build the capacity of artisans to ensure that they adopted the best of practices in their works.
Mr. Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, the sector Minister disclosed […]

Mr. William Ayambire, the Northern Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourist Board, has appealed to food vendors and drinking bar operators to take advantage of the 2008 African Cup of Nations to held in the country this month to market popular Ghanaian dishes.
He cited that Fufu, Banku and Tuo Zafi,(TZ) prepared with groundnut soup and […]

Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, on Thursday urged Ghanaians to take advantage of the hosting of the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament and showcase the country’s rich cultural heritage to promote tourism.
He also appealed to hoteliers to demonstrate the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality to visitors who would come to the country for the […]

Stakeholders in the tourism industry met on Wednesday to evaluate the just ended PANAFEST/Emancipation and Joseph Project celebrations and agreed, among other things that, the activities needed more publicity and promotion to achieve the desired impact.
The stakeholders made up of government officials from the Ghana Tourists Board and the sector Ministry as well as private […]

Multichoice Ghana recently donated 100 bags of cement to the officials of the Accra Zoo as its contribution to the relocation of the Accra Zoo to the Achimota Forest.
At the handing over ceremony, Ms. Anne Sackey (Public Relations Executive), of Multichoice Ghana (MCG), revealed that as broadcasters of channels such as Animal Planet and National […]

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 […]

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 […]

Strengthening public and private partnership has been identified as key to promote the Ghanaian tourism sector to compete effectively with other tourism led economies.
To this effect, the Japan International Development Agency (JICA) and the SNV Netherlands Development has therefore sponsored a seven-member delegation to South Africa to understudy their experience.
The study tour was also part […]

The Brong-Ahafo and Volta Regions on Monday demonstrated their rich cultural diversity and heritage at a colourful ceremony to mark the fifth day of this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFAC) being held in Kumasi.
The event dubbed “Regional Days Celebration”, formed part of programmes lined-up to afford the regions in the country the […]