Category: Tourism
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Illegal tourism facilities to be dealt with from this week – Ghana Tourism Authority
The Ghana Tourism Authority has promised to intensify its campaign against unregistered hospitality facilities across the country. According to the Deputy CEO in Charge of Operations at the Ghana Tourism Authority Ekow Samson, the goodwill that Ghana’s tourism industry is enjoying can be negatively affected if unregulated facilities are allowed to exist. Speaking to Citi Business News on the…
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Informal food and beverage vendors urged to improve standards — Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the tourism sector say an improvement in the standards of service from Informal Food and Beverage vendors could boost earnings for the tourism sector. According to them such vendors make up about 80 percent of food and beverage vendors in the country. In an attempt to enhance standards in the informal food and…
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GTA closes down 31 hospitality facilities in Eastern Region
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has closed down 31 facilities in the Eastern Region including hotels, guest houses, hostels, restaurants, bars and motels, for not having operational licenses from the GTA, under a special enforcement exercise nationwide. The GTA is authorized and entrusted to register and license every tourism business and hospitality facility in…
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Ghana Tourism Authority launches Women in Business and Tourism
President of the Women in Business and Tourism (WIBAT), Eunice Ogbugo has stated that more women need to be empowered in the tourism industry to stay competitive. She believes if attention is paid to women in the industry it will encourage them to do more to rake in more income for the industry. Speaking at…
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Business Dev’t Ministry calls for enhanced partnership between Ghana and China
Business Development Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Awal has called on Chinese businesses to partner Ghanaian businesses to help realize the country’s goal of becoming the hub of manufacturing in West Africa. The minister while delivering his keynote address at the opening of the three-day China Trade Week Ghana 2019 in Accra called on Ghanaian businesses to…
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Ghana Tourism Authority shuts down Chinese restaurant operating as brothel
As part of its efforts to cleanse the hospitality industry of illegal and substandard facilities, the Ghana Tourism Authority has collaborated with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to shut down KTV 86 Chinese Restaurant and Bar in Accra. The facility which is located in Labone was closed down on Monday 10th…
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Tourism Authority in talks with GRA, GIPC on waivers for Diasporans to boost FDIs
The Ghana Tourism Authority has disclosed that it has begun discussions with the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for the reintroduction of waivers on the registration of companies for Americans of Ghanaian descent. According to Chief Executive of the Ghana Tourism, Akwasi Agyemang, the move will serve as an incentive…
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Hoteliers back Ghana Tourism Authority to sanitise tourism sector
The Ghana Hotels Association is optimistic that the latest move by the Ghana Tourism Authority to clamp down on illegal operators, will improve tourism in the country. The GTA, on Monday 3rd June, 2019 closed down Villagio Vista Apartments, near Airport and Airport Side Hotel for operating without a license from the Authority. The move…
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Ghana Tourism Authority gives Villagio Vista 24-hour ultimatum to regularise operations
A task force of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has given Villagio Vista, a 24-hour notice to regularise their operations after it found out apartment building has been closed for operating without following due procedure. The move follows a nationwide exercise commenced by the GTA to clamp down on illegal operators in the hospitality and…
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Accra City Hotel wins Hospitality Oscar from the World Travel Awards
Accra City Hotel has received the prestigious Hospitality Oscar from the World Travel Awards™ and won “Ghana’s Leading Hotel” in 2019. World Travel Awards™ was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry. Today, the World Travel Awards™ brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality,…